Georgetown vs Newtown

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

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

Newtown has the higher population (1,968 vs 1,751 in Georgetown). Georgetown has the higher median household income ($163,158 vs $161,000 in Newtown). Georgetown has the higher median home value ($677,300 vs $465,400 in Newtown).

Population, income & housing

	Georgetown	Newtown
Population	1,751	1,968
Median age	43.9 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$163,158	$161,000
Median home value	$677,300	$465,400
Median gross rent	$3,500	$2,150
Housing units	635	784
Homeownership rate	86.6%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.4%	62.9%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Georgetown	Newtown
Population	1,630 → 1,751 (+7.4%)	1,879 → 1,968 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$130,909 → $163,158 (+24.6%)	$140,625 → $161,000 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$633,800 → $677,300 (+6.9%)	$397,600 → $465,400 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,744 → $3,500 (+27.6%)	$2,125 → $2,150 (+1.2%)

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

Newtown

Population

1,8791,968

Median household income

$140,625$161,000

Median home value

$397,600$465,400

Median gross rent

$2,125$2,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Georgetown	Newtown
Under 5	6.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	11.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	14.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	6.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.0%
75 and over	11.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Georgetown	Newtown
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Georgetown	Newtown
No high school diploma	5.1%	3.1%
High school graduate	14.3%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	40.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Georgetown	Newtown
Drove alone	65.1%	67.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	2.9%
Public transit	4.6%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	27.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Georgetown	Newtown
1-unit, detached	85.7%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	2.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Georgetown	Newtown
Poverty rate	0.5%	2.2%
Average household size	2.79	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1972	1961