Moving to Germantown, Tennessee

About Germantown, Tennessee
Germantown

Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 41,333 at the 2020 census. It was given a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Performance Excellence in 2019.

Germantown is a suburb of Memphis, bordering it to the east-southeast. Germantown was founded in 1841 by mostly German emigrants. The town hosts festivals year round to celebrate their history and German culture. In the city center is the "Old Germantown" neighborhood, anchored by a railroad depot (a 1948 reproduction of the 1868 original) and railroad tracks that recall the community's earliest days of development as an outpost along the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

The city hosts many horse shows and competitions annually, most notably the Germantown Charity Horse Show in June. Other major annual events include the Germantown Festival, an arts and crafts fair, in early September.

Germantown has the lowest crime rate for any city its size in the State of Tennessee and the police and fire departments have average emergency response time of five minutes (police just under 4 minutes & fire department 5.2 minutes). The parks and recreation department is nationally accredited. The Arbor Day Foundation has designated Germantown a "Tree City USA" for 23 consecutive years. Only 3.2% of Germantown citizens are below the poverty line.

Gender
Gender Germantown Tennessee Country
Female 51.4% 51.2% 50.8%
Male 48.6% 48.8% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Germantown Tennessee Country
Less than $10,000 3.2% 6.7% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 0.8% 4.9% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 2.3% 10% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 4.4% 10.2% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 5.9% 13.9% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 12.4% 18.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 9.8% 12.5% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 22.9% 13.3% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 13.7% 4.9% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 24.6% 5.1% 8.3%
Education


Education Germantown Tennessee Country
< 9th Grade 0% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 2% 8% 7.0%
High School or GED 9% 32% 27.0%
Other College 17% 21% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 6% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 35% 18% 20.0%
Master's Degree 20% 7% 9.0%
Professional Degree 8% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 3% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Germantown Tennessee Country
White 87.6% 73.4% 60.1%
African American 2.3% 16.5% 12.2%
American Indian 0% 0.2% 0.6%
Asian 6.2% 1.8% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0.1% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 1.4% 2.3% 2.8%
Hispanic 2.4% 5.6% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity