Village · Clinton County, Illinois

Germantown, Illinois

Germantown is a village in Clinton County, Illinois, part of the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area. It has 1,350 residents. Germantown, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 68 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,973 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #172 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), uninsured residents (under 65) (low) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), mental health providers (low) and public EV charging ports (low).

68High

Quality-of-life score: #4,973 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #172 of 697 in IL
Population: 1,350 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,323.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 1729041

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety87#2,016/15,637
Economy78#3,366/15,631
Housing70#4,479/14,977
Health69#4,869/15,609
Healthcare41#9,183/15,650
Environment4#14,820/15,453
Education78#3,414/15,649
Infrastructure35#10,211/15,650
Community73#4,276/15,651
Leisure & amenities71#4,512/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Germantown, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Clinton County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Property crime rate · low337 /100k
95/100Illinois 1,508 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureClinton County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.3%
95/100Illinois 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Illinois 6.2 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataClinton County value
Restaurants and bars · high13.7 /10k
93/100Illinois 10.3 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClinton County value
Injury deaths · low57 /100k
91/100Illinois 80 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClinton County value
Child care cost burden · low21.3%
91/100Illinois 30.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClinton County value

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low24 /100k
7/100Illinois 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClinton County value
Mental health providers · low62 /100k
8/100Illinois 355 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClinton County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.5 /10k
8/100Illinois 4.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyClinton County value
Comfortable days · low23.1%
9/100Illinois 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationClinton County value
Dentists · low30 /100k
11/100Illinois 86 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClinton County value
New business applications · low8.6 /1k
11/100Illinois 14.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauClinton County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,251 (2015-2019) → 1,350 (2020-2024)
+7.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
48.5% (2015-2019) → 26.2% (2020-2024)
−22 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
9.8 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent as share of incomeImproving
28.8% (2015-2019) → 13.9% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
14.3% (2015-2019) → 3.4% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$64,583 (2015-2019) → $92,083 (2020-2024)
+43%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Germantown, Illinois improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Rent / income−15 points28.8% → 13.9%
Household income+43%$64,583 → $92,083

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Germantown, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.1 min2015-2019	28.5 min2020-2024	+1.4 min	Within the margin of error	33%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%2015-2019	26.7%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Broadband subscriptions	75.4%2015-2019	83.8%2020-2024	+8.3 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Effective property tax rate	1.96%2015-2019	1.70%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	69%
High school diploma or higher	91.5%2015-2019	93.6%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	84%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4012015-2019	0.3772020-2024	−0.024	Within the margin of error	70%
Median household income	$64,5832015-2019	$92,0832020-2024	+43%	Improved	77%
Poverty rate	9.7%2015-2019	5.4%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Rent as share of income	28.8%2015-2019	13.9%2020-2024	−15 points	Improved	97%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Germantown, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Germantown, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Germantown, Illinois itself moved +7.6 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,350 residents (±203)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (−6.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,350 residents (±203)

Germantown, Illinois
Illinois share

White98%1,325
Black0.3%†4
Hispanic or Latino0.5%†7

Education

963 residents (±127)

Germantown, Illinois
Illinois share

No high school diploma6.4%†62
High school or GED35%333
Some college16%157

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

591 households (±89)

Germantown, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k11%†65
$25k–50k16%†96
$50k–75k10%†62
$75k–100k16%†94
$100k–150k22%130
$150k–200k15%†90
$200k or more9.1%†54

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+11.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

591 households (±89)

Germantown, Illinois
Illinois share

Own84%498
Rent16%†93

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

84 households (±38)

Germantown, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $75027%†23
$750–1,00039%†33
$1,000–1,50033%†28

Home values

498 homes (±85)

Germantown, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $150k36%†179
$150k–250k37%185
$250k–400k20%†99

Age of homes

607 homes (±87)

Germantown, Illinois
Illinois share

2010 or later7.9%†48
2000–20098.6%†52
1980–199916%†96

Size of homes

607 homes (±87)

Germantown, Illinois
Illinois share

Studio1.6%†10
1 bedroom3.5%†21
2 bedrooms21%†128

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

684 workers (±110)

Germantown, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone76%519
Carpool8.8%†60
Public transit0.4%†3
Walk1.6%†11
Bike0.0%0
Work from home13%†89
Other0.3%†2

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+7.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

595 workers (±105)

Germantown, Illinois
Illinois share

Under 15 min32%†190
15–29 min30%178
30–44 min8.1%†48

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the St. Louis, MO-IL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Clinton County, the county holding most of Germantown's residents.

Clinton County has 913 employer establishments, 247 for every 10,000 residents (1.00× the US rate of 248; 0.97× Illinois's), with 9,075 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,169. The Census Bureau also counts 2,341 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 913; 2,341 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 247; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 9,075
Average annual pay: $43,169; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Clinton County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	86	23.3	1.50×More than typical	536	$61,899	161
Ambulatory health care services	58	15.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	367	$55,414	73
Restaurants and other eating places	50	13.5	0.74×Fewer than typical	838	$18,930	5
Construction of buildings	46	12.5	1.65×More than typical	460	$88,439	78
Building equipment contractors	34	9.2	1.53×More than typical	237	$67,502	23
Truck transportation	32	8.7	1.71×More than typical	342	$65,269	45
Automotive repair and maintenance	31	8.4	1.67×More than typical	127	$44,370	46
Full-service restaurants	29	7.9	1.02×About typical	337	$21,614	—
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	28	7.6	6.25×More than typical	150	$15,313	6
Religious organizations	28	7.6	1.37×More than typical	139	$14,540	—
Offices of other health practitioners	23	6.2	1.02×About typical	72	$42,111	47
Services to buildings and dwellings	23	6.2	0.92×About typical	86	$37,686	173

Rank places for an industry Open Clinton County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 36,938 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Germantown is mostly in Clinton County.

See federal money in Clinton County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Germantown, Illinois is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mike BostR-IL-12 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Clinton County82100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

St. Louis, MO-IL72

Other cities and towns in Clinton County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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