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Georgetown gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $240K, 3 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. It grades B− overall, 643rd among Ohio's 987 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 97% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and the median household income is $42K, and 38% of residents live below the poverty line. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. 38% of residents live below the poverty line in Georgetown, where Ohio’s towns sit at 9.1% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Georgetown has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home and Georgetown Historic District. Georgetown's schools outperform 71% of the state's.
Where Georgetown beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home| Widest gap | Georgetown | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 13.2% | 8% |
Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 618 in 1850, 4,453 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1900 and 4 maps from 1931 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Georgetown is from typical.
Its grades run from A for hazard risk (better than 89% of comparable towns) to D− for health (better than 3%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
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 Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Georgetown.
Georgetown trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and trades workers with Cincinnati and other neighbors, but it has poverty well above the Ohio rate.
Georgetown: 36% of adults feel lonely. Among 993 Ohio towns, just 8 have a higher share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Georgetown.
| Georgetown | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Georgetown | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 13.2% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 10.8% | 7.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.2% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Households in Georgetown have drawn federal disaster aid in 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2019. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in the town than in 87% of U.S. communities. One claim on flood insurance has been paid out in the town since 2018.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The biggest park or preserve is Brown County Fairgrounds, at 45 acres. Trails total 1.0 miles in 3 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Georgetown: 3, covering 71 acres.
| Georgetown | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kathryn Hanlon Memorial Park | 0.9 mi | 25 |
| 2. Brown County Fairgrounds | — | 45 |
| 3. Courthouse Square | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The range runs from 22° on a January night to 86° on a July afternoon, with about 17 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Georgetown has about as many jobs (2,097) as working residents, but only 305 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 36.1 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
The share of working residents in Georgetown who work locally: 17%. The top destinations are Cincinnati (7%), Mount Orab (4%) and Blue Ash (4%).
| Georgetown | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $42,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 6.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Reported crimes fell from 77 to 42 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 4 reported in 2025, 0.9 per 1,000 residents.
Georgetown’s rate of reported violence is 0.9 per 1,000 residents. Its level of property crime is 8.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Georgetown | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 8.4 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Homes are within reach (about $240K for the typical one, A for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 30 miles. 60.9% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 45.9% across Ohio.
A home in Georgetown typically sold within 52 days of listing. Typical home values rose 2.6% in the year to September 2026. Just over three in five households live in a home they own in the town.
| Georgetown | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 61% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $760 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
None within 15 miles of Georgetown; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Georgetown residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
5 places in Georgetown on the National Register of Historic Places.
Village in Ohio, United States
Georgetown is a village in Brown County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 4,453 at the 2020 census. Located about 36 miles (58 km) southeast of Cincinnati, Georgetown was the childhood home of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.
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2 towns share a border with Georgetown.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | #643 | B− | A | B− | B+ | D− |
| Pleasant Township | #656 | C+ | A | — | B+ | D− |
| Lewis Township | — | — | A | — | B | D |
Lewis Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Pleasant Township and Lewis Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Georgetown with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Georgetown grades B− overall, better than 46% of U.S. towns and #643 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D− for health, B− for safety and B+ for schools. Health 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.
