Georgetown vs Ridgebury

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

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

Ridgebury has the higher population (1,949 vs 1,751 in Georgetown). Ridgebury has the higher median household income ($207,721 vs $163,158 in Georgetown). Ridgebury has the higher median home value ($821,100 vs $677,300 in Georgetown).

Population, income & housing

	Georgetown	Ridgebury
Population	1,751	1,949
Median age	43.9 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$163,158	$207,721
Median home value	$677,300	$821,100
Median gross rent	$3,500	—
Housing units	635	735
Homeownership rate	86.6%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.4%	70.0%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Georgetown	Ridgebury
Population	1,630 → 1,751 (+7.4%)	2,219 → 1,949 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$130,909 → $163,158 (+24.6%)	$218,750 → $207,721 (-5.0%)
Median home value	$633,800 → $677,300 (+6.9%)	$823,200 → $821,100 (-0.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,744 → $3,500 (+27.6%)	—

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

Ridgebury

Population

2,2191,949

Median household income

$218,750$207,721

Median home value

$823,200$821,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Georgetown	Ridgebury
Under 5	6.4%	2.4%
5 to 17	11.1%	22.4%
18 to 24	14.4%	1.2%
25 to 34	6.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.4%
45 to 54	15.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	20.0%
75 and over	11.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Georgetown	Ridgebury
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	3.4%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.4%
Two or more races	10.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Georgetown	Ridgebury
No high school diploma	5.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	14.3%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	45.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	24.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Georgetown	Ridgebury
Drove alone	65.1%	65.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	2.5%
Public transit	4.6%	9.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	21.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Georgetown	Ridgebury
1-unit, detached	85.7%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Georgetown	Ridgebury
Poverty rate	0.5%	5.4%
Average household size	2.79	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	34	39
Median year structure built	1972	1976