Regional Location
Located in southeast Shelby County, Germantown is convenient to Memphis International Airport and downtown Memphis. It is one of six suburban municipalities adjacent to Memphis. The distance from the Germantown Municipal Center to downtown Memphis is approximately 17 miles.
Germantown is also part of the Memphis Metropolitan Statistical Area which contains more than one million people in five counties: Crittenden County, Arkansas; DeSoto County, Mississippi and Fayette, Shelby and Tipton Counties in Tennessee.
Demographics
The City of Germantown's latest census recorded a city population of 41,011. The 2000 U.S. Census reports the largest percentage of people in Germantown is between the ages of 45 and 54. The second largest percentage of population is between the ages of 35 and 44. The median age is 41.3 years old.
There are 13,220 households in Germantown with an average size of 3.14 people. Forty-one percent of the households have children under 18 years old.
Germantown has 13,676 total housing units with a 97 percent occupancy rate. Of the 13,220 occupied housing units, 89 percent are owner-occupied and 11 percent are renter occupied.
The average value for owner occupied housing in zip code 38138 is $238,013. The average home price in zip code 38139 is $353,694.
Germantown is one of only 29 cities in the nation that can take pride in its triple-A Bond rating from both Moody's and Standard & Poors.
Germantown has the lowest crime rate for any city its size in the state of Tennessee and the police and fire departments have an average emergency response time of about five minutes.
In 2000, 97.2% of the population over 25 years old had obtained a high school diploma or higher. More than half of the population has a bachelor's degree or higher.
At $44,021, Germantown had the highest per capita income of all the municipalities in Shelby County in 2000, according to the U.S. Census. The median family income is $94,609.
Climate
| Data |
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| Altitude |
265 feet above sea level |
| Average Rainfall |
52.10 inches annually |
| Average Snowfall |
5.7 inches annually |
| Temperature (mean annual) |
61.5 degrees F |
| Temperature (mean summer) |
80 degrees F |
| Temperature (mean winter) |
43 degrees F |
Germantown has a temperate climate. Winters are brief and mild, with the coldest days during January and February.
Medical Facilities and Services
Germantown offers a wide variety of medical facilities and services that range from numerous private practices to well-known specialty clinics. Medical care in the city includes a full service hospital, Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare Germantown Hospital, with emergency and outpatient services, orthopedic treatment, obstetric care and a cardiac wellness center, that includes open heart surgery. Other facilities in the city include the Campbell Clinic, the Campbell Clinic Surgery, the Neurological Surgery Center, Baptist Rehabilitation Hospital, Radiation Oncology Center, Ambulatory Surgery Center and University of Tennessee Medical Group. The range of medical services along Wolf River Boulevard include the Wolf River Professional Center and the Wolf River Medical Building/Mid-South Heart Institute, Stern Cardiovascular Center and Boston Baskin Cancer Group.
Parks and Recreation With a park within one mile of most residences in Germantown, this community has 700 acres of parkland, the highest percentage of municipal acreage devoted to parks in Tennessee. Several miles of the Germantown Greenway are complete. The linear park will eventually connect parks in a 22-mile loop encircling the city. Additional information is available
here.
Germantown Athletic Club is full-service recreational facility featuring more than 9,000 square feet of fitness space, an indoor pool, two outdoor pools, racquetball courts and basketball court. Additional information is available
here.