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Georgetown town, Essex County, MA

8,474 Population
12.9 square miles 659 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 41.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$69,681 ±$6,663 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Essex County: $54,665 ±$814
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$151,595 ±$22,732 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $101,883 ±$1,515
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

3.8% ±1.8% (324  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 9.4% 74,710 (±0.4% / ±3,280)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

33.5 minutes ±2.4 (117,750  ±13,406) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 28.5 9,893,975 (±0.3 / ±138,009)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

3,227 ±208 Number of households
  • Essex County: 313,147 ±1,080
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.6 ±0.2 (8,450  ±31) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.5 795,766 (±0 / ±99)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

6.4% ±3.5% (113  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 9,002 (±0.4% / ±808)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

3,275 ±212 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 329,776 ±224
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$651,200 ±$23,420 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Essex County: $619,100 ±$3,976
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

6.4% ±3.1% (534  ±258.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 9.3% 74,452 (±0.4% / ±3,349.7)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

97.9% ±7% (5,898  ±482.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 90.1% 515,161 (±0.9% / ±5,311.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
56.1% ±5.4% (3,379  ±351.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Essex County: 43% 246,169 (±0.6% / ±3,530.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.7% ±2.1% (398  ±175) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Essex County: 19.1% 155,445
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

7.9% ±2.5% (514  ±163) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Essex County: 4.3% 27,478 (±0.2% / ±1,155)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
514 Total veterans ±163 514 Male ±163 N/A Female ±19

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