Germantown, MD
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Germantown, MD: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 82,863. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet GERMANTOWN-MD · Germantown, MD 2 ZIPs · 82,863 pop · #2406/25278 · Montgomery County
INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-HIGH
- INC-TOP $117,377
- RANK-TOP #2406/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Silver Spring
- BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 67% owners
- POP-SMALL 82,863
- SPREAD-TIGHT 20874→20876
- HOME-HIGH $443,150
Nearest income peer: Silver Spring, MD ( $4,226 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Germantown
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Germantown on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Takoma Park · lowest $83,870
Takoma Park · lowest
$83,870 median HH income
- Montgomery Vil · near $98,542
Montgomery Vil · near
$98,542 median HH income
- Gaithersburg · near
Gaithersburg · near
$111,554 median HH income
- Silver Spring · near
Silver Spring · near
$113,151 median HH income
- Germantown · this city
Germantown · this city
$117,377 median HH income
- Rockville · near
Rockville · near
$133,478 median HH income
- Potomac · highest
Potomac · highest
$250,001 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Germantown, MD sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 10%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 82,863
- city population (Census)
- 2
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $117,377
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $117,377 and home value $443,150 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 50.5%.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Germantown as a pure owner town.
Within Maryland, Centreville is the closest lower-income city and Bozman the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Germantown.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Germantown differ
The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Germantown: $115,022 in ZIP 20874 to $119,731 in 20876. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.0×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.2×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 1.5 points
20874 to 20876
20874 to 20876
20874 to 20876
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 20874 skews compact Germantown
In this 2-ZIP cluster, 20874 covers about 69% of Germantown's 82,863 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Germantown
Citywide ZBP: 1,465 establishments, 23,571 employees , annual payroll $1,867,240k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 20874 (920 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (329) · also Health care and social assistance · Retail trade .
ZIP Codes in Germantown, MD
These ZIP codes sit in Montgomery County, which covers 45 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Germantown. See the Montgomery County roll-up →
Germantown sits in the lower half of Montgomery County on income: Rockville, Bethesda and Potomac report more, Silver Spring, Gaithersburg and Montgomery Village report less. Potomac marks the far end of that range at $250,000+, 113% above Germantown.
Side-by-side: Compare 20874 vs 20876 →
Germantown roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Germantown, .