Darien Downtown vs Georgetown

A side-by-side comparison of Darien Downtown and Georgetown: population, income, housing, and more.

Darien Downtown and Georgetown are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Georgetown has the higher population (1,751 vs 1,329 in Darien Downtown). Darien Downtown has the higher median household income ($166,111 vs $163,158 in Georgetown). Darien Downtown has the higher median home value ($908,200 vs $677,300 in Georgetown).

Population, income & housing

	Darien Downtown	Georgetown
Population	1,329	1,751
Median age	44.7 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$166,111	$163,158
Median home value	$908,200	$677,300
Median gross rent	$2,605	$3,500
Housing units	675	635
Homeownership rate	70.6%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.5%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darien Downtown	Georgetown
Population	1,223 → 1,329 (+8.7%)	1,630 → 1,751 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$136,765 → $166,111 (+21.5%)	$130,909 → $163,158 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$770,400 → $908,200 (+17.9%)	$633,800 → $677,300 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,436 → $2,605 (+81.4%)	$2,744 → $3,500 (+27.6%)

Darien Downtown

Population

1,2231,329

Median household income

$136,765$166,111

Median home value

$770,400$908,200

Median gross rent

$1,436$2,605

Georgetown

Population

1,6301,751

Median household income

$130,909$163,158

Median home value

$633,800$677,300

Median gross rent

$2,744$3,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darien Downtown	Georgetown
Under 5	4.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.7%	11.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	6.1%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	2.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.1%
75 and over	22.8%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darien Downtown	Georgetown
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	82.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darien Downtown	Georgetown
No high school diploma	3.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	5.0%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	41.2%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	39.4%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darien Downtown	Georgetown
Drove alone	36.4%	65.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.6%
Public transit	20.0%	4.6%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.9%	20.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darien Downtown	Georgetown
1-unit, detached	54.7%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	18.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darien Downtown	Georgetown
Poverty rate	4.4%	0.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	1978	1972