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Georgetown Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $90K, 1.6 years of the Danville area’s $57K median household income. It grades C− overall, 673rd of 767 graded towns in Illinois. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its schools rank behind 86% of the state's, and the median household income is $57K, and 19% of residents live below the poverty line. 19% of residents live below the poverty line in Georgetown Township, above both Illinois’ towns (8.4%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 72% of U.S. towns.
Where Georgetown Township beats most towns.
Where Georgetown Township’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 Township 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 2 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and a map from 1966 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Georgetown Township, 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 Township.
Its public schools are run by Westville CUSD 2. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Westville High School, with 334 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judith Giacoma Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 610 | C− |
| Westville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 334 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Georgetown Township for work: only 9% work in town. Jobs based in Georgetown Township fell to 764 in 2023, 109 fewer than in 2013. Georgetown Township’s average trip to work is 23 minutes.
| Georgetown Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $57,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 13% | 11% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 8,036 U.S. towns with household incomes like Georgetown Township’s, it is less healthy than 53%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Georgetown Township beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 42% of Georgetown Township adults have obesity.
| Georgetown Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Georgetown Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.9% | 9.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.5% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Georgetown Township since 2002.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Georgetown Township 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
1.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Georgetown Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Georgetown Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Zamberletti Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 within 15 miles of the center of Georgetown Township
About 4 of every 100 Georgetown Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
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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7 towns share a border with Georgetown Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown Township | #673 | C− | A− | — | D | C |
| McKendree Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carroll Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Catlin Township | #483 | B− | B− | — | B | C+ |
| Danville Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Elwood Township | — | — | A | — | C− | C |
| Westville | #723 | D | A− | C+ | D | C− |
| Belgium | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Elwood Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Georgetown Township, Catlin Township and Elwood Township report no FBI crime data of their own. McKendree Township, Carroll Township, Danville Township and Belgium aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Georgetown Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Georgetown Township grades C− overall, better than 17% of U.S. towns and #673 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C for health and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
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−.