New Ogeechee Missionary Baptist Church · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Savannah draws about half of Georgetown’s working residents
For 9% of workers, the job is at home; Georgia has 16%. The two grades for Georgetown are B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. A typical one-way commute from Georgetown lasts 22 minutes (Georgia 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Georgetown at work: what stands out
Nearly half of Georgetown works in Savannah
2,230 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Savannah, 2.9 miles away across the town line. That’s 11 times as many as work in Georgetown itself. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
51% of the jobs in Georgetown are in trade, transport and utilities, against 25% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Georgetown are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
Georgetown has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Georgetown went from 1,120 in 2013 to 1,573 in 2023, +40%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Georgetown gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Georgetown is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #98 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car holds Georgetown’s grade up (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Georgetown could be anywhere from C to A−.
Where Georgetown goes to work
Where Georgetown clocks in
3% 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.
Inside Georgetown’s 1,573 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Georgetown, 2013 → 2023: 1,120 → 1,573. 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Georgetown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Georgetown workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,928 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Georgetown quiets down on a workday
On a workday 4,745 residents head out to work, 180 work right here, and 1,393 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,800 people are in Georgetown on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.32 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Georgetown’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Driving is how Georgetown gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Georgetown is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #133 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,532 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 78% 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 1.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 67% 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). 5.2% of Georgetown households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Georgetown’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Georgetown ranks: 1,474th of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 35 | Tyrone GA | 8,091 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 310 | Vinings GA | 14,390 | $95K | 6.2% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 395 | Flowery Branch GA | 13,110 | $104K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,472 | Glenwood Springs CO | 10,395 | $91K | 7.9% | 4.5% | 35% | B− |
| 1,473 | Dunellen NJ | 8,337 | $87K | 22.6% | 5.5% | 5% | B− |
| 1,474 | Georgetown GA | 11,158 | $74K | 10.8% | 4.7% | 4% | B− |
| 1,475 | Cypress Lake FL | 13,032 | $63K | 9.8% | 4.2% | 5% | B− |
| 1,476 | Bethalto IL | 9,202 | $65K | 12.3% | 4.0% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Georgia.
The towns next door employ 45% of Georgetown
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Georgetown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | – | B− | B | 22 min | $74,256 |
| Savannah | 45% | C | A | 21 min | $57,137 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Savannah. Darker towns draw more of Georgetown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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?
$74,256 (±$6,848) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Georgetown?
10.8%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Georgetown?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Georgetown work?
4% work in town.
Is Georgetown walkable?
Georgetown is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Georgetown without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% 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.