Georgetown vs Skidaway Island

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

Georgetown and Skidaway Island 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 8,907 in Skidaway Island). Skidaway Island has the higher median household income ($121,991 vs $80,231 in Georgetown). Skidaway Island has the higher median home value ($763,100 vs $257,700 in Georgetown).

Population, income & housing

	Georgetown	Skidaway Island
Population	11,606	8,907
Median age	34.0 yrs	66.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,231	$121,991
Median home value	$257,700	$763,100
Median gross rent	$1,446	$2,673
Housing units	5,357	4,629
Homeownership rate	56.7%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Georgetown	Skidaway Island
Population	12,951 → 11,606 (-10.4%)	8,986 → 8,907 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$63,403 → $80,231 (+26.5%)	$93,690 → $121,991 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$178,800 → $257,700 (+44.1%)	$495,700 → $763,100 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,105 → $1,446 (+30.9%)	$1,362 → $2,673 (+96.3%)

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

Skidaway Island

Population

8,9868,907

Median household income

$93,690$121,991

Median home value

$495,700$763,100

Median gross rent

$1,362$2,673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Georgetown	Skidaway Island
Under 5	7.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	8.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	1.6%
25 to 34	18.2%	4.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	6.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	6.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	26.7%
75 and over	3.9%	24.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Georgetown	Skidaway Island
White (non-Hispanic)	44.7%	84.9%
Black or African American	36.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.5%	4.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Georgetown	Skidaway Island
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	20.9%	6.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	40.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Georgetown	Skidaway Island
Drove alone	80.8%	66.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	22.7%
Other means	0.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Georgetown	Skidaway Island
1-unit, detached	58.1%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	1.0%
20 or more units	7.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Georgetown	Skidaway Island
Poverty rate	7.6%	2.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1995	1990