Georgetown vs Rossville

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

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

Georgetown has the higher population (3,105 vs 1,246 in Rossville). Rossville has the higher median household income ($62,708 vs $56,781 in Georgetown). Rossville has the higher median home value ($97,800 vs $70,500 in Georgetown).

Population, income & housing

	Georgetown	Rossville
Population	3,105	1,246
Median age	41.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,781	$62,708
Median home value	$70,500	$97,800
Median gross rent	$729	$780
Housing units	1,483	542
Homeownership rate	72.7%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Georgetown	Rossville
Population	3,271 → 3,105 (-5.1%)	1,320 → 1,246 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$46,455 → $56,781 (+22.2%)	$52,692 → $62,708 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $70,500 (-4.2%)	$77,800 → $97,800 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $729 (+2.0%)	$578 → $780 (+34.9%)

Georgetown

Population

3,2713,105

Median household income

$46,455$56,781

Median home value

$73,600$70,500

Median gross rent

$715$729

Rossville

Population

1,3201,246

Median household income

$52,692$62,708

Median home value

$77,800$97,800

Median gross rent

$578$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Georgetown	Rossville
Under 5	4.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.3%	25.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.8%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	8.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.9%
75 and over	10.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Georgetown	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	78.6%
Black or African American	4.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Georgetown	Rossville
No high school diploma	3.7%	9.8%
High school graduate	48.4%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Georgetown	Rossville
Drove alone	71.7%	84.5%
Carpooled	14.3%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Georgetown	Rossville
1-unit, detached	83.2%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Georgetown	Rossville
Poverty rate	12.3%	12.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1953	1948