Photo: Public domain · Public domainGeorgetown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 4% work in Georgetown; the top destination outside it is Bath (25%, 16 miles). 175 jobs are based in Georgetown, and 422 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Georgetown is better than 60% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Georgetown and work: the main findings
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Georgetown
The poverty rate holds Georgetown’s grade up (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.5%) is left out: Georgetown’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Georgetown could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Time on the road from Georgetown: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Georgetown workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 384 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 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.
The daily flow of workers through Georgetown
On a workday 407 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Georgetown on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Georgetown goes to work
Where Georgetown clocks in
25% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Goods, not services: 47% of the jobs in Georgetown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Georgetown, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 175. 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 it is to work from Georgetown
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.
Getting around Georgetown: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 489 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.0% of Georgetown households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Georgetown’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Georgetown is 904th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 587 | Edgecomb ME | 1,214 | $109K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 902 | Milford NJ | 1,224 | $72K | 8.8% | 5.8% | 1% | B |
| 903 | Independence Township IL | 1,135 | $79K | 1.8% | 6.2% | 1% | B |
| 904 | Georgetown ME | 1,101 | $84K | 6.3% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| 905 | Israel Township OH | 1,131 | $70K | 2.5% | 0.8% | 2% | B |
| 906 | Lower Tyrone Township PA | 1,028 | $75K | 6.9% | 3.3% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,008 | Wayne ME | 1,167 | $93K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,054 | Owls Head ME | 1,494 | $87K | 5.7% | 3.9% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Maine.
Bordering towns draw 11% of Georgetown’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Georgetown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | – | B | B | 30 min | $84,250 |
| Arrowsic | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Westport Island | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Phippsburg | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 21 min | $107,833 |
| Southport | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Woolwich | 11% | B+ | C− | 29 min | $102,175 |
Same-state neighbors only. Arrowsic, Westport Island and Southport: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Woolwich. 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?
$84,250 (±$32,732) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Georgetown?
6.3%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Georgetown?
30 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Georgetown work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bath (25%, 16 mi), Woolwich (11%, 17 mi), Brunswick (9%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Georgetown walkable?
Georgetown is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Georgetown without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.