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Georgetown, SC

8,435 Population
7 square miles 1,206.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 50.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$24,428 ±$4,013 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: $36,867 ±$1,676
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $32,823 ±$239
$42,998 ±$12,621 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: $55,719 ±$3,290
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $58,234 ±$482

23.6% ±9.5% (1,932  ±776) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 16.5% † 10,269 (±2.4% / ±1,507)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.5% 718,345 (±0.2% / ±11,315)

24.5 minutes ±2.8 (82,610  ±14,066) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 28.9 674,430 (±1.6 / ±46,364)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 25.3 54,119,448 (±0.2 / ±415,561)

Families

3,535 ±334 Number of households
  • the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 25,690 ±695
  • South Carolina: 1,976,447 ±5,877
2.3 ±0.2 (8,197  ±114) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 2.4 62,477 (±0.1 / ±149)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,953,286 (±0)

4.5% ±4.7% (73  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 5.1% † 598 (±1.4% / ±165)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,525 (±0.2% / ±1,999)

Housing

4,270 ±425 Number of housing units
  • the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 35,762 ±82
  • South Carolina: 2,325,248 ±1,084

$158,100 ±$17,034 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: $199,500 ±$15,267
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $181,800 ±$1,291

9.6% ±4.1% (805  ±346.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 11% † 6,900 (±1.4% / ±897.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 13.6% 681,624 (±0.2% / ±11,503.7)

Social

90.4% ±7.9% (5,336  ±628.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 89.7% 42,347 (±3.3% / ±1,559.5)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 88.8% 3,113,723 (±0.4% / ±14,727.4)
26.8% ±4.4% (1,581  ±286.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 30.7% 14,485 (±1.8% / ±848.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 29.8% 1,046,424 (±0.3% / ±9,391.7)

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

2.4% ±1.5% (205  ±127) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 3.5% † 2,213 (±0.5% / ±289)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 263,917 (±0.1% / ±4,164)

9.1% ±3.1% (599  ±209) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 10.2% † 5,256 (±1.1% / ±540)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.9% 350,822 (±0.1% / ±4,953)
599 Total veterans ±209 585 Male ±206 14 Female ±24

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