Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Georgetown gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $100K, 1.8 years of the Danville area’s $57K median household income. It grades C overall, 571st of 767 graded towns in Illinois. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its public schools trail 81% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. 17% of residents live below the poverty line in Georgetown, above both the Illinois town median (8.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. Georgetown's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 82% of U.S. towns.
Where Georgetown beats most towns.
Where Georgetown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Georgetown is from typical.
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Census counts: 741 in 1880, a peak of 4,220 in 1980, 3,143 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1908 and 2 maps from 1947 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Georgetown, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Georgetown.
Georgetown is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has homes that are cheap against local pay and sends most of its workers to Danville and beyond.
At 1.8 years of the Danville area’s $57K median household income, the typical home (about $101K) costs less against local pay than in 85% of Illinois towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living. Values fell 3.3% in the past year while the Illinois typical home rose 5.3%.
The median rent in Georgetown is $757 a month. The typical Georgetown home is worth about $101,000, 66% below the Illinois typical home.
| Georgetown | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $757 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 74% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Georgetown has 292 jobs for its 1,252 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 369 in 2013 to 292.
Most working residents leave Georgetown for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Georgetown fell to 292 in 2023, 77 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Danville (27%), Chicago (4%) and Danville Township (4%).
| Georgetown | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $58,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.3% | 8.4% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Georgetown since 2002.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Georgetown has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 18° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 8,397 U.S. towns with household incomes like Georgetown’s, it is healthier than 66%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Georgetown beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 41% of Georgetown adults have obesity.
| Georgetown | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Georgetown | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.4% | 9.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.3% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Georgetown
About 6 of every 100 Georgetown residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
3 notable people were born in Georgetown.
City in Illinois, United States
Georgetown is a city in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 3,143. It is part of the Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Georgetown grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #571 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C+ for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
3 notable people were born here, including Roy Owen West and Pete Gudauskas.
