Garden City vs Georgetown

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

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

Georgetown has the higher population (11,606 vs 10,375 in Garden City). Georgetown has the higher median household income ($80,231 vs $41,735 in Garden City). Georgetown has the higher median home value ($257,700 vs $160,700 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Georgetown
Population	10,375	11,606
Median age	35.7 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,735	$80,231
Median home value	$160,700	$257,700
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,446
Housing units	4,708	5,357
Homeownership rate	40.1%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Georgetown
Population	8,885 → 10,375 (+16.8%)	12,951 → 11,606 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$46,772 → $41,735 (-10.8%)	$63,403 → $80,231 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$121,700 → $160,700 (+32.0%)	$178,800 → $257,700 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,111 (+25.3%)	$1,105 → $1,446 (+30.9%)

Garden City

Population

8,88510,375

Median household income

$46,772$41,735

Median home value

$121,700$160,700

Median gross rent

$887$1,111

Georgetown

Population

12,95111,606

Median household income

$63,403$80,231

Median home value

$178,800$257,700

Median gross rent

$1,105$1,446

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Georgetown
Under 5	3.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	23.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	18.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	6.1%	8.9%
75 and over	5.7%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Georgetown
White (non-Hispanic)	34.2%	44.7%
Black or African American	39.4%	36.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	4.5%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Georgetown
No high school diploma	15.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	38.1%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Georgetown
Drove alone	71.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	22.6%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	6.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Georgetown
1-unit, detached	45.6%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	18.9%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	16.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Georgetown
Poverty rate	15.0%	7.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1978	1995