What is the population of Georgetown city?

Georgetown city has 3,105 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #426 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Georgetown city?

Median household income in Georgetown city is $56,781 a year, 27.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Georgetown city?

Median gross rent is $729 a month and the median home value is $70,500, so rent absorbs about 15.4% of median household income.

Is Georgetown city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Georgetown city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Georgetown city, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Georgetown city, Illinois (Georgetown city, IL — Census place “Georgetown city”) is 3,105 residents, ranking #426 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $56,781, the median home is worth $70,500 and median gross rent runs $729 a month. Looking for the Georgetown city Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Georgetown city, IL: 61846.

Population: 3,105Georgetown city residents
Median household income: $56,781Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $70,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $729Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.7%Owner-occupied households

Georgetown city ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Georgetown city.

The Georgetown city IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

61846

What the numbers mean in Georgetown city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Georgetown city median would spend about 15.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.3% of residents and 72.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Georgetown city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Georgetown city is a small town in Illinois, with 3,105 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #426 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 70% of them. The median age here is 41.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Georgetown city earn a median of $56,781 a year, 27.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 24% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 12.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Georgetown city is valued at $70,500, 76.8% below the national figure and 61% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $729 a month, 48.2% below the national figure, or roughly $8,748 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 72.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Georgetown city?: Georgetown city has 3,105 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #426 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Georgetown city?: Median household income in Georgetown city is $56,781 a year, 27.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Georgetown city?: Median gross rent is $729 a month and the median home value is $70,500, so rent absorbs about 15.4% of median household income.
Is Georgetown city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Georgetown city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Georgetown city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.