Shuey's Mill · Photo: Pjsham · CC BY-SA 3.0Germantown has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B: better than 60% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #494 of 992 in Ohio.
Walkability B: more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns · #312 of 993 in Ohio.
Household incomes here are higher than in 68% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 24 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). Only 6% work in Germantown; the top destination outside it is Dayton (12%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Germantown’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Germantown is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #494 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Germantown’s grade up (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Germantown could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Germantown quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,384 residents head out to work, 150 work right here, and 725 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Germantown on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Dayton
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Germantown clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 875 jobs in Germantown are
875 jobs are based in Germantown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Germantown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Germantown, 2013 → 2023: 863 → 875. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
About 24 minutes each way, about the OH average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Germantown workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,349 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Germantown commutes less than 13 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Germantown start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Germantown is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #312 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,705 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.5% of Germantown households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Germantown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Germantown is 1,504th of 3,336 U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Germantown, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,502 | Locke Township IN | 4,301 | $88K | 5.0% | 6.8% | 14% | B |
| 1,503 | Adams Township PA | 5,558 | $70K | 10.7% | 0.5% | 10% | B |
| 1,504 | Germantown OH | 5,947 | $90K | 7.6% | 6.9% | 6% | B |
| 1,505 | Beaver PA | 4,342 | $81K | 6.1% | 7.2% | 12% | B |
| 1,506 | Douglass Hills KY | 5,575 | $78K | 6.4% | 8.3% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,336 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Germantown: questions
What is the median household income in Germantown?
$90,125 (±$14,781) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Germantown?
7.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Germantown?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Germantown work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dayton (12%, 14 mi), Miamisburg (6%, 5 mi), Kettering (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Germantown walkable?
Germantown is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Germantown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Germantown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Germantown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.