Georgetown vs Leander

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

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

Georgetown has the higher population (78,803 vs 67,880 in Leander). Leander has the higher median household income ($140,180 vs $91,857 in Georgetown). Leander has the higher median home value ($470,700 vs $398,600 in Georgetown).

Population, income & housing

	Georgetown	Leander
Population	78,803	67,880
Median age	44.3 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$91,857	$140,180
Median home value	$398,600	$470,700
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,865
Housing units	34,841	24,154
Homeownership rate	69.4%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	52.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Georgetown	Leander
Population	71,004 → 78,803 (+11.0%)	53,716 → 67,880 (+26.4%)
Median household income	$73,822 → $91,857 (+24.4%)	$101,872 → $140,180 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$266,900 → $398,600 (+49.3%)	$263,400 → $470,700 (+78.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,231 → $1,671 (+35.7%)	$1,511 → $1,865 (+23.4%)

Georgetown

Population

71,00478,803

Median household income

$73,822$91,857

Median home value

$266,900$398,600

Median gross rent

$1,231$1,671

Leander

Population

53,71667,880

Median household income

$101,872$140,180

Median home value

$263,400$470,700

Median gross rent

$1,511$1,865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Georgetown	Leander
Under 5	5.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	20.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	19.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	5.6%
75 and over	14.2%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Georgetown	Leander
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	53.8%
Black or African American	5.8%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	12.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Georgetown	Leander
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.3%
High school graduate	17.5%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Georgetown	Leander
Drove alone	66.2%	61.4%
Carpooled	8.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.1%	1.4%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	27.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Georgetown	Leander
1-unit, detached	72.9%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	5.4%
20 or more units	9.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Georgetown	Leander
Poverty rate	7.5%	4.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	2007	2012