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Georgetown, SC

8,884 Population
7 square miles 1,270.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 50.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$21,913 ±$3,744 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: $34,629 ±$1,950
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $30,727 ±$218
$37,323 ±$7,256 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: $52,488 ±$3,472
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $54,864 ±$343

22% ±7.2% (1,892  ±619) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 16.1% † 9,938 (±2.2% / ±1,327)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 726,470 (±0.2% / ±11,777)

25.5 minutes ±3.1 (83,310  ±14,921) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 27.4 632,880 (±1.5 / ±41,637)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 25.1 54,667,810 (±0.2 / ±409,586)

Families

3,601 ±313 Number of households
  • the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 25,758 ±677
  • South Carolina: 1,961,481 ±5,748
2.4 ±0.2 (8,595  ±115) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 2.4 61,565 (±0.1 / ±270)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,956,293 (±0)

8.5% ±6.9% (135  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 4.3% † 492 (±1.4% / ±167)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,850 (±0.2% / ±2,071)

Housing

4,383 ±311 Number of housing units
  • the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 35,655 ±116
  • South Carolina: 2,319,112 ±1,077

$160,900 ±$13,221 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: $197,700 ±$12,963
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $170,100 ±$818

10.6% ±4.8% (936  ±419.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 11.8% † 7,266 (±1.6% / ±995.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 13.8% 695,348 (±0.2% / ±10,741.7)

Social

88% ±8.9% (5,387  ±627.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 89.2% 41,451 (±3.1% / ±1,450.8)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 88.3% 3,102,292 (±0.4% / ±13,936.8)
22.6% ±4.3% (1,381  ±272.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 29.7% 13,814 (±1.7% / ±787.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 29% 1,018,306 (±0.2% / ±8,069.4)

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

2% ±1.4% (174  ±128) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 2.8% † 1,737 (±0.4% / ±248)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 263,203 (±0.1% / ±4,855)

7.2% ±2.4% (492  ±168) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 9.7% 4,901 (±0.9% / ±475)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 9.1% 360,355 (±0.1% / ±4,592)
492 Total veterans ±168 447 Male ±156 45 Female ±47

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