Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Georgetown has lower unemployment (1.4%) than 91% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Georgetown A+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers; Indiana has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Georgetown: the figures worth knowing
Home offices are common in Georgetown
26% of Georgetown workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Georgetown workers cross into Kentucky
19% of Georgetown workers work outside Indiana, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Louisville (10%), Jeffersontown (2%) and Watterson Park (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Georgetown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Georgetown is a place people come home to
There are 539 jobs based in Georgetown, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Georgetown has about 2,500 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Georgetown: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Georgetown is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #10 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Georgetown could be anywhere from A to A+.
From Georgetown, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Georgetown workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,305 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
18% of working residents work in New Albany
Where Georgetown clocks in
18% of workers
8% 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.
In and out of Georgetown on a workday
On a workday 1,809 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 502 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Georgetown on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.29 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.
What Georgetown’s employers do
539 jobs are based in Georgetown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Georgetown, 2013 → 2023: 444 → 539. 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.
How far Georgetown goes to work
About 21% 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.
In Georgetown, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Georgetown is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #455 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,752 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.3% of Georgetown households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Georgetown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Georgetown is 132nd among 4,264 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 130 | Empire WI | 2,790 | $125K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 131 | Vineyards FL | 3,849 | $131K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| 132 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 133 | Weisenberg Township PA | 5,102 | $134K | 2.4% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 134 | Oregon WI | 2,994 | $151K | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 197 | Lafayette Township IN | 4,451 | $119K | 3.8% | 1.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Indiana.
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?
$113,265 (±$16,215) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Georgetown?
2.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Georgetown?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Georgetown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Albany (18%, 8 mi), Louisville (10%, 18 mi), Jeffersonville (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Georgetown walkable?
Georgetown is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Georgetown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% 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.