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. Germantown has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 18.60% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Germantown has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Germantown a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Germantown, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Germantown is a relatively small town. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Germantown is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 46.03% of adults in Germantown have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

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.