Germantown is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,121 people and two associated neighborhoods, Germantown is the 736th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Germantown was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Unlike some towns, Germantown isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Germantown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Germantown is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Germantown who work in management occupations (20.29%), teaching (9.55%), and community and social services (8.59%). Of important note, Germantown is also a town of artists. Germantown has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Germantown’s character. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.60% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In addition, Germantown is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Germantown has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Germantown has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Germantown than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Germantown may be for you. Even though Germantown is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.The education level of Germantown ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Germantown, 46.03% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Germantown in 2022 was $56,452, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $225,808 for a family of four. However, Germantown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Germantown is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Germantown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Germantown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Germantown include Irish, Italian, English, German, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Germantown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
