Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Georgetown Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $285K, 3.9 years of the Louisville/Jefferson County metro’s $74K median household income. It grades A overall, 63rd of 585 graded towns in Indiana. On the plus side, the median household earns $108K. Only 88 of Indiana’s 1,086 towns score higher on health. Beard-Kerr Farm is on the National Register of Historic Places. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 79% of U.S. towns.
Where Georgetown Township beats most towns.
9,632 counted in 2010 and 11,143 in 2020; an estimated 11,606 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Georgetown Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2017 and 5 maps from 1939 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Georgetown Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi LandmarkUnited States Bullion Depository
13 mi Theme parkKentucky Kingdom
11 mi Stadium & arenaKFC Yum! Center
12 mi Stadium & arenaLynn Family Stadium
12 mi Stadium & arenaL&N Federal Credit Union StadiumUnited States Bullion Depository: Work permit Original author=Cliff, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kentucky Kingdom: Stevietheman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · KFC Yum! Center: Jamesmac96, CC BY 3.0 · Lynn Family Stadium: Bpluke01, CC BY-SA 4.0 · L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium: Perthsider, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Georgetown Township.
Georgetown Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, has more 90° days than almost anywhere else in Indiana and sends many workers across the state line to Louisville.
Its A− for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $285K.
Its public schools are run by New Albany-Floyd Co Con School. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Hills Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 1,676 | A− |
| Georgetown Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 659 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
27% of working residents cross a state line to work, Louisville among the top destinations. Georgetown Township has 1,320 jobs for its 5,435 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Georgetown Township for work: only 4% work in town. 19% of workers work from home in Georgetown Township, above both Indiana’s towns (7.8%) and U.S. towns (11%). 3.7% of Georgetown Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Georgetown Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 19% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Median household income | $108,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within Indiana it is healthier than 88% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures. Its widest gap with Indiana is food insecurity: 9.5% of its 10,189 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.7% statewide.
For Georgetown Township, that is against 15% in Indiana’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. Georgetown Township beats the Indiana average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 18% of adults binge drink in Georgetown Township.
| Georgetown Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Georgetown Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 14.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.9% | 8.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Louisville Mcalpine weather station, 9 miles away, records that about 46 days a year reach 90°, the #2 highest of 1,978 Indiana places with climate records. The Louisville Mcalpine weather station, 9 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 225 days, the highest of 1,978 Indiana places with climate records.
Georgetown Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median household earns $108,287, against $71,957 across Indiana, one input to its A for jobs and income.
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). Georgetown Township has grown 3.8% since 2020, to 11,606 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 37% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Georgetown Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 22% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 26% | 23% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.2 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Georgetown Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.7% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.3% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.3% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.6% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.7% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.5% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.3% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities. Since 1997, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Georgetown Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Just 84 of its 17,272 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Georgetown Township itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.6 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Garry E Cavan Park, at 54 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mount Saint Francis Center for Spirituality | 0.6 mi | 22 |
| 2. Garry E Cavan Park | — | 54 |
| 3. Georgetown Softball Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
9 within 15 miles of the center of Georgetown Township
About 5 of every 100 Georgetown Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
Where Georgetown Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Indiana, United States
Georgetown Township is one of five townships in Floyd County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 9,632 and it contained 3,733 housing units.
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6 towns share a border with Georgetown Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown Township | #63 | A | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Franklin Township | #58 | A | A | — | A | B− |
| Franklin Township | — | — | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Lafayette Township | #104 | A− | B− | — | A− | A− |
| Greenville Township | #84 | A | B | — | A− | B+ |
| New Albany Township | #280 | B | B | — | A− | C |
| Jackson Township | #159 | A− | A | — | A− | B− |
Franklin Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Georgetown Township, Franklin Township, Franklin Township, Lafayette Township, Greenville Township, New Albany Township and Jackson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Georgetown Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Georgetown Township grades A overall, better than 91% of U.S. towns and #63 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools. Walkability 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 B+.
