City safety & data profile

GeorgetownKY

Georgetown, KY is a 32K-resident city in Scott County with a median household income of $80,088.

Scott County, Kentucky. 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 66% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $265,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

32K
Population (place)
Top 34%
By size
$80,088
Median income (place)
$265,400
Median home (place)
12.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Georgetown

Georgetown posts a median household income higher than 49% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Georgetown area.

Bottom 50%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Georgetown

Where Georgetown income ranks nationally

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

$80,088 Bottom 49% higher than 49% 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 KY

Population among 39 KY places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Bowling Green is the largest KY city on this list; Burlington leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in KY

Median household income among the same 39-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Burlington posts the highest place-level median income in KY; Bowling Green 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, KY beyond the headline numbers

Georgetown sits inside Scott County, Kentucky, at roughly 38.21°N, -84.56°W. Population 32,356, $80,088 median household income. Median home value $265,400, median rent $1,255. Poverty rate 12.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Georgetown, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Georgetown, KY stands at 12.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Georgetown costs roughly 3.3 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Remote work covers 10.3% 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: 42% in Georgetown, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Georgetown workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Georgetown's median age is 32.7 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)
32,356
Georgetown · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$80,088
-10% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$265,400
-36% vs avg
Median Age (place)
32.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Scott 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
60K+24%
Median Income
$85,158+38%
Median Home Value
$288,500+79%
Poverty Rate
10.6%-15%
Unemployment
4.3%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Georgetown, KY
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,255/mo
Poverty Rate
12.1%
Unemployment 4.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 34.1%
Work From Home 10.3%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 82.9%
African American 6%
Asian 0.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.2%

Health Profile 2 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
42%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 61.3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
GEORGETOWN · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

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 KY-GEORGETOWN-KY · 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 Kentucky 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.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Georgetown, KY? ▼
Georgetown, KY has a population of 32,356 people, located in Scott County, Kentucky.
What is the median household income in Georgetown? ▼
The median household income in Georgetown, KY is $80,088 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12.1%.
What is the median home value in Georgetown? ▼
The median home value in Georgetown, KY is $265,400. Median rent is $1,255/month.
What are the top health concerns in Georgetown? ▼
The top health indicators in Georgetown include Short Sleep Duration (42%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Georgetown? ▼
Georgetown has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Georgetown? ▼
The median age in Georgetown, KY is 32.7 years. 34.1% 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 Kentucky so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside KY (12.1% here).

North Las Vegas, NV 12.1% Grand Prairie, TX 12.1% Montebello, CA 12.1% Margate, FL 12.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside KY ($80,088 here).

Canton, GA $80,091 Murfreesboro, TN $80,108 Brockton, MA $80,115 Burbank, IL $80,116

Compare Georgetown with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Lexington-Fayette, KY 314K Lexington, KY 320K Frankfort, KY 28K Nicholasville, KY 30K Lawrenceburg, KY 11K Winchester, KY 18K Richmond, KY 34K Danville, KY 17K
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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 Kentucky peers on any ranking lens. Explore Kentucky

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 (Scott 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.