Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 11,158.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Overall it grades C, 127th of 258 graded towns in Georgia. Residents are healthier than 85% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Georgetown’s trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile, against 0.3 in Georgia’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Georgetown has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Wild Heron and St. Bartholomew's Church.
Where Georgetown beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Coastal flooding makes up 14% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Georgetown is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,785 in 1980, 11,916 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2023 and 4 maps from 1944 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Georgetown. Close and well known come first.
10 mi MuseumMercer House
14 mi National MonumentFort Pulaski National Monument321K visitors a year
9 mi State parkWormsloe Historic Site
10 mi MuseumSorrel–Weed House
10 mi MuseumCongregation Mickve Israel
10 mi Park & preserveForsyth ParkMercer House: Kyle Kesselring from Canal Winchester, OH, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Pulaski National Monument: Edibobb, CC BY 3.0 · Wormsloe Historic Site: Bubba73, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sorrel–Weed House: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Congregation Mickve Israel: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Forsyth Park: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5
Georgetown is unincorporated, so Chatham County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Georgetown.
Georgetown has homes that are cheap against local pay and has less tooth loss than most of Georgia, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Georgia (mostly hurricanes).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Burroughs Neighborhood Park | — | 2 |
| 2. Ogeechee Farms | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Savannah-Chatham County school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 544 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
At 1.8 years of the Savannah metro’s $77K median household income, the typical home (about $141K) costs less against local pay than in 97% of Georgia towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living.
The typical Georgetown home is worth about $141,000, up 8.7% in a year, 57% below the Georgia typical home. At $1,529 a month, Georgetown’s median rent is above both Georgia’s towns ($1,152 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). 55% of households own their home in Georgetown.
| Georgetown | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 55% | 58% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,529 a month | $1,152 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of Georgia towns, with expected losses of about $379 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1994, 37 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Georgetown. Only 10 of the 262 Georgia towns we compare have a higher FEMA risk score than Georgetown.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its widest gap with Georgia is tooth loss: 8.9% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide.
11% of Georgetown adults report frequent physical distress. Georgetown beats the Georgia average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 18% of Georgetown adults binge drink.
| Georgetown | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 38% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 23% | 19% |
| What stands out | Georgetown | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.9% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.6% | 6.5% |
| More binge drinkers | 17.8% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average commute for its 4,925 working residents takes 21.6 minutes, against 28.3 across Georgia. Jobs based here grew from 1,120 in 2013 to 1,573.
Most working residents leave Georgetown for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Georgetown grew to 1,573 in 2023, 453 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Georgetown is 22 minutes.
| Georgetown | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 9.2% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Georgetown has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. Georgetown’s July high is 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 28% of residents (23% statewide). 42% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Georgia.
| Georgetown | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 25% | 29% |
| Median age | 34 years | 36.6 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 15% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 24% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.7 points. Across Georgia, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Georgetown | GA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.1% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.6% | 11.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.5% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 21.4% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.2% | 13.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 12.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.8% | 12.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.1% | 9.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.7% | 5.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.9% | 10.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.6% | 26.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.7% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.7% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 29.1% | 21.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13% | 13.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
4 within 15 miles of the center of Georgetown
About 7 of every 100 Georgetown residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia.
Where Georgetown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Georgetown on the National Register of Historic Places.
Place in Georgia, United States
Georgetown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. The population was 11,916 at the 2020 census. Georgetown lies across the Little Ogeechee River (and city limits) from Savannah, Georgia, and is a suburban "bedroom community" of Savannah, where most of its adult residents work. It is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area. Georgetown was constructed mostly in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but new subdivisions have been built recently. Shopping facilities are now more plentiful and continue to be added. Two schools in Georgetown are units of the Savannah-Chatham public school system: Georgetown Elementary and S…
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One town shares a border with Georgetown.
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | #127 | C | C | — | C | A |
| Savannah | #191 | D | C | — | C | C+ |
Georgetown and Savannah report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Georgetown with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Georgetown grades C overall, better than 29% of U.S. towns and #127 of 258 in Georgia. It grades A for health and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
That is 1.8 years of the area's median household income ($77,180 across the Savannah, GA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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