Home values, rents and more in Germantown, MD
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Germantown compares
The typical home in Germantown, MD is worth about $414,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Germantown are 27% below the typical value in the Washington metro area ($570,000) and 13% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Germantown fell 2.0%, compared with +0.2% in the Washington metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,026 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 16% below the Washington metro area ($2,407) and 5% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.7% over the past year.
The median household income is $117,546, against $126,684 in the Washington metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 90,719 people live in Germantown (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Germantown has the 38th-lowest typical home value of the 157 cities in the Washington metro area and the 137th-highest of 278 in Maryland with Zillow figures.
Part of: Montgomery County, MD · Washington metro area · Maryland
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.