Georgetown vs Wakefield

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

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

Georgetown has the higher population (606 vs 577 in Wakefield). Wakefield has the higher median household income ($77,976 vs $73,846 in Georgetown). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($310,900 vs $274,100 in Georgetown).

Population, income & housing

	Georgetown	Wakefield
Population	606	577
Median age	29.5 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,846	$77,976
Median home value	$274,100	$310,900
Median gross rent	$861	$1,643
Housing units	182	182
Homeownership rate	70.9%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Georgetown	Wakefield
Population	1,182 → 606 (-48.7%)	571 → 577 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$63,125 → $73,846 (+17.0%)	$66,806 → $77,976 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$253,000 → $274,100 (+8.3%)	$236,200 → $310,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $861 (-8.8%)	$1,075 → $1,643 (+52.8%)

Georgetown

Population

1,182606

Median household income

$63,125$73,846

Median home value

$253,000$274,100

Median gross rent

$944$861

Wakefield

Population

571577

Median household income

$66,806$77,976

Median home value

$236,200$310,900

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Georgetown	Wakefield
Under 5	12.4%	11.4%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	13.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	8.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.1%
75 and over	10.2%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Georgetown	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Georgetown	Wakefield
No high school diploma	35.0%	31.1%
High school graduate	33.5%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Georgetown	Wakefield
Drove alone	53.9%	61.5%
Carpooled	18.2%	15.3%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	10.1%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.8%
Worked from home	11.2%	0.0%
Other means	4.3%	14.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Georgetown	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	82.4%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Georgetown	Wakefield
Poverty rate	8.7%	6.8%
Average household size	3.33	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1984	1978