Georgetown has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Georgetown is better than 46% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+). There are 62 jobs in Georgetown for 548 working residents. 22% of workers have no commute at all, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Georgetown, in brief
Georgetown is a place people come home to
There are 62 jobs based in Georgetown, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Georgetown has about 550 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Georgetown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 548 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Georgetown earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Georgetown’s grade up (5.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (7.2%) is left out: Georgetown’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Georgetown could be anywhere from C− to B.
How many people are in Georgetown by day
On a workday 545 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Georgetown on a workday afternoon, 47% 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.
The trip to work from Georgetown: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Georgetown workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 446 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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 commute from Georgetown, by distance
About 36% 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.
6% of working residents work in La Follette
Where Georgetown clocks in
5% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Georgetown, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 62. 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.
In Georgetown, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 568 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). 0.9% of Georgetown households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Georgetown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Georgetown places 1,153rd of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
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| 17 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 67 | Kaukauna WI | 1,295 | $122K | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,151 | Perch Lake Township MN | 1,042 | $90K | 11.9% | 6.8% | 1% | B− |
| 1,152 | Middlesex NY | 1,349 | $76K | 5.8% | 2.2% | 5% | B− |
| 1,153 | Georgetown WI | 1,034 | $77K | 5.1% | 7.2% | 1% | B− |
| 1,154 | Prospect OH | 1,056 | $71K | 11.5% | 5.9% | 1% | B− |
| 1,155 | Clay Township IN | 1,295 | $71K | 6.7% | 1.1% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Wisconsin.
How Georgetown compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Milltown (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Georgetown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | – | B− | C+ | 37 min | $77,308 |
| Apple River | under 3% | C+ | D | 36 min | $74,762 |
| Bone Lake | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Milltown | 4% | D | B | 39 min | $63,889 |
| Johnstown | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bone Lake and Johnstown: 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?
$77,308 (±$16,140) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Georgetown?
5.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Georgetown?
37 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Georgetown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Follette (6%, 18 mi), Amery (5%, 14 mi), Turtle Lake (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Georgetown walkable?
Georgetown is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Georgetown without a car?
0% 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.