Georgetown vs Hoopeston

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

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

Hoopeston has the higher population (5,039 vs 3,105 in Georgetown). Georgetown has the higher median household income ($56,781 vs $55,180 in Hoopeston). Georgetown has the higher median home value ($70,500 vs $63,400 in Hoopeston).

Population, income & housing

	Georgetown	Hoopeston
Population	3,105	5,039
Median age	41.3 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,781	$55,180
Median home value	$70,500	$63,400
Median gross rent	$729	$803
Housing units	1,483	2,529
Homeownership rate	72.7%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Georgetown	Hoopeston
Population	3,271 → 3,105 (-5.1%)	5,102 → 5,039 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$46,455 → $56,781 (+22.2%)	$43,914 → $55,180 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $70,500 (-4.2%)	$62,500 → $63,400 (+1.4%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $729 (+2.0%)	$621 → $803 (+29.3%)

Georgetown

Population

3,2713,105

Median household income

$46,455$56,781

Median home value

$73,600$70,500

Median gross rent

$715$729

Hoopeston

Population

5,1025,039

Median household income

$43,914$55,180

Median home value

$62,500$63,400

Median gross rent

$621$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Georgetown	Hoopeston
Under 5	4.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	16.0%
75 and over	10.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Georgetown	Hoopeston
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	91.9%
Black or African American	4.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Georgetown	Hoopeston
No high school diploma	3.7%	13.9%
High school graduate	48.4%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Georgetown	Hoopeston
Drove alone	71.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	14.3%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.6%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Georgetown	Hoopeston
1-unit, detached	83.2%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Georgetown	Hoopeston
Poverty rate	12.3%	15.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1953	1940