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Georgetown, SC

8,936 Population
6.9 square miles 1,286.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 49.2 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$17,578 ±$2,026 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: $29,929 ±$1,561
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $27,986 ±$159
$30,972 ±$5,251 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: $48,071 ±$2,850
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $51,015 ±$271

34.1% ±8.6% (2,936  ±742) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 18.3% † 11,160 (±2.5% / ±1,540)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 16% 770,632 (±0.3% / ±12,902)

24.4 minutes ±2.3 (74,750  ±12,968) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 25.6 586,115 (±1.2 / ±34,459)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 24.6 52,214,115 (±0.1 / ±305,710)

Families

3,422 ±276 Number of households
  • the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 25,111 ±729
  • South Carolina: 1,894,711 ±6,012
2.5 ±0.2 (8,653  ±122) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 2.4 61,002 (±0.1 / ±151)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,819,128 (±0)

9.3% ±6.9% (180  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 4.1% † 488 (±1.4% / ±170)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 63,046 (±0.2% / ±1,861)

Housing

4,192 ±275 Number of housing units
  • the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 35,033 ±96
  • South Carolina: 2,256,951 ±314

$162,800 ±$18,237 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: $187,200 ±$11,212
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $154,800 ±$659

11% ±4.1% (973  ±363.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 11.3% † 6,950 (±1.4% / ±864.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 720,300 (±0.2% / ±10,784.9)

Social

88.5% ±7.7% (5,327  ±556.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 87.1% 39,624 (±2.8% / ±1,262.9)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 87.1% 2,949,232 (±0.4% / ±11,730.4)
16.4% ±3.7% (988  ±232) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 27.2% 12,370 (±1.6% / ±726.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 27.4% 927,823 (±0.2% / ±6,770.1)

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

1.8% ±1.3% (159  ±116) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 2.6% † 1,592 (±0.3% / ±204)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 4.9% 240,439 (±0.1% / ±4,224)

6.9% ±2.5% (462  ±166) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 10% 4,996 (±0.9% / ±460)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 9.6% 366,862 (±0.1% / ±3,619)
462 Total veterans ±166 440 Male ±164 22 Female ±30

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