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GeorgetownGA

Georgetown, GA is a 12K-resident city in Chatham County with a median household income of $74,256.

Chatham County, Georgia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Georgetown, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Georgetown has a population larger than 12% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $274,900.

Data updated 2026-09-05

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 13%
By size
$74,256
Median income (place)
$274,900
Median home (place)
10.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Georgetown

Georgetown posts a median household income higher than 42% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 43%
by median income, US cities

Where Georgetown income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$74,256 Bottom 42% higher than 42% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Georgetown $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in GA

Population among 99 GA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Atlanta is the largest GA city on this list; Milton leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in GA

Median household income among the same 99-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Milton posts the highest place-level median income in GA; Atlanta is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Georgetown, GA beyond the headline numbers

Georgetown sits inside Chatham County, Georgia, at roughly 31.98°N, -81.23°W. Population 11,823, $74,256 median household income. Median home value $274,900, median rent $1,529. Poverty rate 10.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 10.8%, poverty in Georgetown, GA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Georgetown costs roughly 3.7 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Remote work covers 9.2% of Georgetown workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 41.2% in Georgetown, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Georgetown's median age is 34 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Georgetown from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
11,823
Georgetown · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$74,256
-17% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$274,900
-34% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Chatham County): Georgetown's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
301K+11%
Median Income
$71,097+55%
Median Home Value
$302,700+73%
Poverty Rate
14.3%-25%
Unemployment
5.8%-40%

Economics

Economics indicators for Georgetown, GA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,529/mo
Poverty Rate
10.8% -13% vs avg
Unemployment 4.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 42.1%
Work From Home 9.2%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 45.8%
African American 34.9%
Asian 4.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 6.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
41.2%
High Blood Pressure
33%
Obesity
30.2%
Physical Inactivity
20.5%
Binge Drinking
17.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
11%
Current Smoking
10.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.4%
Diabetes
10.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 64.6%
Annual Checkup 78.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.5%
Stroke
2.7%

What alerts and safety updates affect Georgetown?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Georgetown right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet GA-GEORGETOWN-GA · Georgetown

Georgetown: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Georgetown

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Georgetown.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Georgetown; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Georgia state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Georgetown, GA?
Georgetown, GA has a population of 11,823 people, located in Chatham County, Georgia.
What is the median household income in Georgetown?
The median household income in Georgetown, GA is $74,256 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10.8%.
What is the median home value in Georgetown?
The median home value in Georgetown, GA is $274,900. Median rent is $1,529/month.
What are the top health concerns in Georgetown?
The top health indicators in Georgetown include Short Sleep Duration (41.2%), High Blood Pressure (33%), Obesity (30.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Georgetown?
The median age in Georgetown, GA is 34 years. 42.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Georgetown, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside GA (10.8% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside GA ($74,256 here).

Compare Georgetown with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Georgetown's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Georgetown area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Georgetown against Georgia peers on any ranking lens. Explore Georgia

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Chatham County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.