Photo: Nyttend · Public domainThere are 2.1 jobs in Georgetown for every working resident, and 912 people commute in
About one in four work in Georgetown itself; outside it, Denver draws the most (11%, 43 miles). 1,030 jobs are based in Georgetown; 482 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Georgetown is better than 30% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Georgetown: the gist
Georgetown’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Georgetown is Denver, 43 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (51) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Georgetown is where the jobs are
Georgetown has 1,030 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,800 people are in town, 45% more than the 1,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Georgetown has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Georgetown went from 662 in 2013 to 1,030 in 2023, +56%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 482 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Georgetown: the grade in detail
Household income holds Georgetown’s grade up ($79,118, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (10.5%) is left out: Georgetown’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Georgetown could be anywhere from D− to B+.
Near or far: the trip to work from Georgetown
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A workday in Georgetown: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 364 residents head out to work and 118 work right here.
About 1,800 people are in Georgetown on a workday afternoon, 45% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Georgetown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Georgetown, 2013 → 2023: 662 → 1,030. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Georgetown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in Georgetown live
Where Georgetown clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
About 25 minutes each way for Georgetown’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Georgetown workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 491 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Most trips from Georgetown start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 6.4% across Colorado, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 603 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.1% of Georgetown households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Georgetown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,600, Georgetown ranks 2,414th of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 245 | Aetna Estates CO | 1,010 | $75K | 1.1% | 0.5% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 440 | Perry Park CO | 1,570 | $158K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 612 | Nederland CO | 1,463 | $123K | 2.7% | 3.4% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,412 | Bridgewater NH | 1,185 | $82K | 11.9% | 3.6% | 5% | C |
| 2,413 | Fremont WI | 1,363 | $78K | 12.6% | 6.2% | 5% | C |
| 2,414 | Georgetown CO | 1,217 | $79K | 13.4% | 10.5% | 24% | C |
| 2,415 | Trappe MD | 1,517 | $61K | 9.3% | 9.0% | 2% | C |
| 2,416 | Cooleemee NC | 1,002 | $47K | 10.6% | 5.3% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Georgetown, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Georgetown: questions
What is the median household income in Georgetown?
$79,118 (±$36,945) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Georgetown?
13.4%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Georgetown?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Georgetown work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (11%, 43 mi), Idaho Springs (7%, 10 mi), Aurora (4%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Georgetown walkable?
Georgetown is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Georgetown without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Georgetown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Georgetown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.