Photo: Nyttend · Public domainA job hub: Georgetown has 11.3 jobs per working resident, and 983 people come in to work
Only 3% work in Georgetown; the top destination outside it is Pittsburgh (10%, 31 miles). Employers in Georgetown report 986 jobs, and 87 of its residents work somewhere. 5% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Georgetown by day
On a workday 84 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Georgetown on a workday afternoon, 454% more 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’s workers come from
Where Georgetown clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
94% of the jobs in Georgetown pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Georgetown, 2013 → 2023: 356 → 986. 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.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Georgetown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 143 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Georgetown commutes less than 20 miles
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.
The towns around Georgetown
The biggest share goes to Greene Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Georgetown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | – | — | — | 32 min | $89,500 |
| Greene Township | 9% | B | B− | 25 min | $103,750 |
| Ohioville | under 4% | B+ | D | 26 min | $80,673 |
| Glasgow | under 4% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Glasgow: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$89,500 (±$26,804) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Georgetown?
1.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Georgetown?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Georgetown work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (10%, 31 mi), Greene Township (9%, 4 mi), Findlay Township (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Georgetown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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.