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Georgetown, SC

8,960 Population
6.9 square miles 1,291.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 48.5 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$18,551 ±$2,666 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: $28,748 ±$1,317
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $26,645 ±$143
$31,273 ±$7,055 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: $46,967 ±$2,473
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $48,781 ±$288

37.2% ±8.7% (3,216  ±754) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 18.7% † 11,268 (±2.1% / ±1,266)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 16.6% 790,657 (±0.2% / ±9,785)

22.9 minutes ±2.2 (70,390  ±12,473) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 25.4 575,655 (±0.9 / ±28,710)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 24.3 50,619,115 (±0.1 / ±304,577)

Families

3,387 ±289 Number of households
  • the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 24,840 ±476
  • South Carolina: 1,871,307 ±5,896
2.6 ±0.2 (8,683  ±157) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 2.4 60,453 (±0.1 / ±200)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,756,406 (±0)

12.9% ±7.2% (277  ±158) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 5.6% † 658 (±2.1% / ±251)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 61,725 (±0.1% / ±1,553)

Housing

4,145 ±350 Number of housing units
  • the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 34,628 ±95
  • South Carolina: 2,229,324 ±430

$158,000 ±$20,720 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: $178,600 ±$11,276
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $148,600 ±$633

13% ±4.9% (1,134  ±424.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 11.7% † 7,071 (±1.4% / ±859)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14.9% 719,486 (±0.2% / ±10,686.8)

Social

86.1% ±6.9% (5,069  ±526.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 86.5% 38,728 (±2.8% / ±1,253.2)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 86.5% 2,878,125 (±0.4% / ±11,764)
16.1% ±3.9% (950  ±238) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 27.1% 12,143 (±1.5% / ±690.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 27% 898,081 (±0.2% / ±6,983.8)

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

1.5% ±1.4% (132  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 2.5% † 1,512 (±0.4% / ±223)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 4.9% 237,789 (±0.1% / ±3,551)

8.2% ±2.3% (545  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 10.7% 5,267 (±0.7% / ±336)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 9.8% 367,921 (±0.1% / ±3,174)
545 Total veterans ±157 524 Male ±151 21 Female ±27

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