Georgetown vs Washington Boro

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

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

Washington Boro has the higher population (655 vs 606 in Georgetown). Washington Boro has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $73,846 in Georgetown). Georgetown has the higher median home value ($274,100 vs $241,800 in Washington Boro).

Population, income & housing

	Georgetown	Washington Boro
Population	606	655
Median age	29.5 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,846	$98,750
Median home value	$274,100	$241,800
Median gross rent	$861	—
Housing units	182	248
Homeownership rate	70.9%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Georgetown	Washington Boro
Population	1,182 → 606 (-48.7%)	999 → 655 (-34.4%)
Median household income	$63,125 → $73,846 (+17.0%)	$95,278 → $98,750 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$253,000 → $274,100 (+8.3%)	$190,600 → $241,800 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $861 (-8.8%)	—

Georgetown

Population

1,182606

Median household income

$63,125$73,846

Median home value

$253,000$274,100

Median gross rent

$944$861

Washington Boro

Population

999655

Median household income

$95,278$98,750

Median home value

$190,600$241,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Georgetown	Washington Boro
Under 5	12.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	20.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	8.3%	20.9%
45 to 54	8.1%	6.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.1%
75 and over	10.2%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Georgetown	Washington Boro
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	98.6%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Georgetown	Washington Boro
No high school diploma	35.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	33.5%	59.5%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Georgetown	Washington Boro
Drove alone	53.9%	89.8%
Carpooled	18.2%	5.0%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	10.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	0.0%
Other means	4.3%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Georgetown	Washington Boro
1-unit, detached	82.4%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Georgetown	Washington Boro
Poverty rate	8.7%	6.6%
Average household size	3.33	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1984	1951