Georgetown vs Lewes

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

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

Georgetown has the higher population (7,456 vs 3,415 in Lewes). Lewes has the higher median household income ($92,375 vs $47,423 in Georgetown). Lewes has the higher median home value ($806,700 vs $266,100 in Georgetown).

Population, income & housing

	Georgetown	Lewes
Population	7,456	3,415
Median age	30.3 yrs	67.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,423	$92,375
Median home value	$266,100	$806,700
Median gross rent	$1,333	$1,271
Housing units	2,609	3,060
Homeownership rate	41.9%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	65.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Georgetown	Lewes
Population	7,259 → 7,456 (+2.7%)	3,198 → 3,415 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$48,468 → $47,423 (-2.2%)	$88,984 → $92,375 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$220,800 → $266,100 (+20.5%)	$558,200 → $806,700 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $1,333 (+52.3%)	$1,065 → $1,271 (+19.3%)

Georgetown

Population

7,2597,456

Median household income

$48,468$47,423

Median home value

$220,800$266,100

Median gross rent

$875$1,333

Lewes

Population

3,1983,415

Median household income

$88,984$92,375

Median home value

$558,200$806,700

Median gross rent

$1,065$1,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Georgetown	Lewes
Under 5	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	6.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	1.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	3.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	6.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	8.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	35.1%
75 and over	6.0%	24.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Georgetown	Lewes
White (non-Hispanic)	31.1%	93.8%
Black or African American	10.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	52.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Georgetown	Lewes
No high school diploma	33.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	30.3%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	42.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Georgetown	Lewes
Drove alone	80.7%	62.6%
Carpooled	12.3%	3.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	29.3%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Georgetown	Lewes
1-unit, detached	52.1%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	14.5%
20 or more units	11.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Georgetown	Lewes
Poverty rate	15.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.90	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1982	1992