City safety & data profile

GeorgetownTX

Georgetown, TX is a 64K-resident city in Williamson County with a median household income of $95,062.

Williamson County, Texas. 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 85% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $429,100, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

64K
Population (place)
Top 15%
By size
$95,062
Median income (place)
$429,100
Median home (place)
8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Georgetown

Georgetown posts a median household income higher than 65% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Georgetown area.

Top 35%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Georgetown

Where Georgetown income ranks nationally

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

$95,062 Top 35% higher than 65% 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 TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston 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, TX beyond the headline numbers

Georgetown sits inside Williamson County, Texas, at roughly 30.63°N, -97.68°W. Population 63,716, $95,062 median household income. Median home value $429,100, median rent $1,795. Poverty rate 8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Georgetown, 0 with an ER.

At 8%, poverty in Georgetown, TX runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

A median home in Georgetown runs about 4.5 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

23.6% of Georgetown workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 30% in Georgetown, the lowest-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.

At 42.6 years, Georgetown's median age is in the oldest 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)
63,716
Georgetown · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$95,062
+6% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$429,100
+4% vs avg
Median Age (place)
42.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Williamson 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
673K+52%
Median Income
$111,340+55%
Median Home Value
$447,000+150%
Poverty Rate
6.4%-9%
Unemployment
3.9%-48%

Economics

Economics indicators for Georgetown, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,795/mo
Poverty Rate
8% -35% vs avg
Unemployment 4.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 47.8%
Work From Home 23.6%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 72.2%
African American 5.1%
Asian 3.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
36.6%
Obesity
31.9%
Short Sleep Duration
30%
Physical Inactivity
23.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.2%
Binge Drinking
14.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.8%
Diabetes
11.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.9%
Current Asthma
9.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 66.2%
Annual Checkup 79.7%

Other Measures

Current Smoking
9.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.1%
Stroke
3.5%

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 TX-GEORGETOWN-TX · 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 Texas 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, TX? ▼
Georgetown, TX has a population of 63,716 people, located in Williamson County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Georgetown? ▼
The median household income in Georgetown, TX is $95,062 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 8%.
What is the median home value in Georgetown? ▼
The median home value in Georgetown, TX is $429,100. Median rent is $1,795/month.
What are the top health concerns in Georgetown? ▼
The top health indicators in Georgetown include High Blood Pressure (36.6%), Obesity (31.9%), Short Sleep Duration (30%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Georgetown? ▼
Georgetown has 2 hospitals. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Georgetown? ▼
The median age in Georgetown, TX is 42.6 years. 47.8% 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 Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (8% here).

Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8% Elk Grove, CA 8% Clovis, CA 8% Chino, CA 8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($95,062 here).

Green, OH $95,047 La Mesa, CA $95,028 Chester, VA $95,104 Villa Park, IL $95,015

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

Round Rock, TX 116K Brushy Creek, TX 22K Hutto, TX 23K Leander, TX 59K Wells Branch, TX 12K Cedar Park, TX 66K Pflugerville, TX 57K Jollyville, TX 16K
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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 Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

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 (Williamson 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.