Georgetown vs Shavertown

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

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

Shavertown has the higher population (2,150 vs 1,953 in Georgetown). Shavertown has the higher median household income ($86,118 vs $57,000 in Georgetown). Shavertown has the higher median home value ($202,400 vs $96,700 in Georgetown).

Population, income & housing

	Georgetown	Shavertown
Population	1,953	2,150
Median age	47.0 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,000	$86,118
Median home value	$96,700	$202,400
Median gross rent	$1,079	$1,142
Housing units	1,021	1,154
Homeownership rate	65.4%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Georgetown	Shavertown
Population	1,909 → 1,953 (+2.3%)	1,981 → 2,150 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$48,500 → $57,000 (+17.5%)	$63,867 → $86,118 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $96,700 (+14.2%)	$141,000 → $202,400 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$853 → $1,079 (+26.5%)	$640 → $1,142 (+78.4%)

Georgetown

Population

1,9091,953

Median household income

$48,500$57,000

Median home value

$84,700$96,700

Median gross rent

$853$1,079

Shavertown

Population

1,9812,150

Median household income

$63,867$86,118

Median home value

$141,000$202,400

Median gross rent

$640$1,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Georgetown	Shavertown
Under 5	7.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	7.6%
18 to 24	1.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	23.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	2.7%
45 to 54	17.8%	6.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	15.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.2%
75 and over	6.5%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Georgetown	Shavertown
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	99.1%
Black or African American	10.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Georgetown	Shavertown
No high school diploma	8.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	42.8%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Georgetown	Shavertown
Drove alone	74.8%	90.3%
Carpooled	1.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	9.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Georgetown	Shavertown
1-unit, detached	70.2%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	21.9%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Georgetown	Shavertown
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.3%
Average household size	2.18	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1938	1958