Census-designated place · El Dorado County, California

Georgetown, California

Georgetown is a census-designated place in El Dorado County, California, part of the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area. It has 2,403 residents. Georgetown, California has a quality-of-life score of 54 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,138 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within California it ranks #357 of 1,062 cities and towns. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), drought exposure (low) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low). It ranks worst on unemployment rate (high), students per teacher (high) and high school diploma or higher (low).

54Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,138 of 15,651 cities and towns
California: #357 of 1,062 in CA
Population: 2,403 (2020-2024)
Land area: 15 mi²
Density: 158.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 0629350

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety61#6,152/15,637
Economy57#6,741/15,631
Housing23#11,488/14,977
Health64#5,585/15,609
Healthcare83#2,710/15,650
Environment81#2,954/15,453
Education23#11,984/15,649
Infrastructure11#13,942/15,650
Community50#7,818/15,651
Leisure & amenities82#2,836/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Georgetown, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “El Dorado County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Public EV charging ports · high16.6 /10k
92/100California 17.4 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyEl Dorado County value
Drought exposure · low2%
91/100California 9%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAEl Dorado County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.9 µg/m³
91/100California 9.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEl Dorado County value
Voter turnout · high76.8%
90/100California 61.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionEl Dorado County value
Comfortable days · high32.9%
90/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationEl Dorado County value
Life expectancy · high80.8 yrs
88/100California 79.7 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEl Dorado County value

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high19.4%
1/100California 5.5%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Students per teacher · high22.5×
2/100California 21.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsEl Dorado County value
High school diploma or higher · low95.3%
5/100California 84.7%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Natural hazard risk · high94.3
6/100California 87.32025Federal Emergency Management AgencyEl Dorado County value
High ozone days · high7 days
12/100California 38 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEl Dorado County value
Social associations · low6.2 /10k
14/100California 6.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEl Dorado County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
2,577 (2015-2019) → 2,403 (2020-2024)
−6.8%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
69.8% (2015-2019) → 14.4% (2020-2024)
−55 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
36.7% (2015-2019) → 21.5% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$54,077 (2015-2019) → $91,765 (2020-2024)
+70%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
16.1% (2015-2019) → 22.7% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioImproving
6.0× (2015-2019) → 4.1× (2020-2024)
−31%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Georgetown, California improved on 3 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Price / income−1.9×6.0× → 4.1×
Rent / income−15 points36.7% → 21.5%
Household income+70%$54,077 → $91,765

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Georgetown, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Broadband subscriptions	77.9%2015-2019	82.2%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Effective property tax rate	0.71%2015-2019	0.63%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
High school diploma or higher	92.0%2015-2019	95.3%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Home price to income ratio	6.0×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	−1.9×	Improved	99%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4542015-2019	0.3902020-2024	−0.065	Within the margin of error	89%
Median household income	$54,0772015-2019	$91,7652020-2024	+70%	Improved	94%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	36.7%2015-2019	21.5%2020-2024	−15 points	Improved	97%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Georgetown, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Georgetown, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Georgetown, California itself moved +21.7 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,403 residents (±600)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+11.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,403 residents (±600)

Georgetown, California
California share

White74%†1,768
Black0.5%†11
Hispanic or Latino18%†

Education

1,920 residents (±508)

Georgetown, California
California share

No high school diploma4.7%†91
High school or GED28%†542
Some college35%

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,126 households (±308)

Georgetown, California
California share

Under $25k8.3%†93
$25k–50k24%†271
$50k–75k9.8%†110
$75k–100k28%†320
$100k–150k17%†191
$150k–200k4.9%†55
$200k or more7.6%†86

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (+22.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,126 households (±308)

Georgetown, California
California share

Own88%†994
Rent12%†132

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

104 households (±83)

Georgetown, California
California share

Under $75037%†38
$750–1,00051%†53
$1,000–1,50013%†

Home values

994 homes (±326)

Georgetown, California
California share

Under $150k27%†266
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k29%†292

Age of homes

1,261 homes (±290)

Georgetown, California
California share

2010 or later1.0%†12
2000–200911%†139
1980–199934%†424

Size of homes

1,261 homes (±290)

Georgetown, California
California share

Studio0.9%†11
1 bedroom3.3%†41
2 bedrooms34%†429

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

658 workers (±269)

Georgetown, California
California share

Drive alone65%†427
Carpool7.9%†52
Public transit0.0%0
Walk14%†92
Bike0.0%0
Work from home13%†87
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Walk (+14.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

571 workers (±247)

Georgetown, California
California share

Under 15 min40%†229
15–29 min25%†142
30–44 min12%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of El Dorado County, the county holding most of Georgetown's residents.

El Dorado County has 5,005 employer establishments, 261 for every 10,000 residents (1.05× the US rate of 248; 0.99× California's), with 49,522 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,283. The Census Bureau also counts 17,064 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 5,005; 17,064 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 261; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 49,522
Average annual pay: $61,283; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of El Dorado County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	469	24.4	1.58×More than typical	3,264	$95,452	1,022
Restaurants and other eating places	402	20.9	1.14×About typical	6,050	$27,601	41
Ambulatory health care services	365	19	0.91×About typical	2,887	$78,682	689
Lessors of real estate	306	15.9	1.29×More than typical	911	$52,879	1,908
Construction of buildings	271	14.1	1.87×More than typical	1,448	$85,701	731
Management, scientific and technical consulting	195	10.2	1.51×More than typical	589	$84,533	895
Full-service restaurants	191	9.9	1.29×More than typical	3,400	$31,381	16
Building equipment contractors	187	9.7	1.62×More than typical	1,544	$97,265	215
Services to buildings and dwellings	185	9.6	1.43×More than typical	2,422	$63,074	863
Limited-service restaurants	146	7.6	0.95×About typical	2,010	$22,162	12
Real estate agents and brokers	144	7.5	1.54×More than typical	252	$75,754	810
Offices of other health practitioners	121	6.3	1.04×About typical	658	$42,137	386

Rank places for an industry Open El Dorado County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 192,090 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $48.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Georgetown, California: $20.07 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $48.2K; +131% vs FY2025
Per resident: $20.07; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Forest Service$47.7K99%
Indian Health Service$5121.1%

Top recipients

RAYMOND ROMINE$44.6K92%
MOUNTAIN VIEW REFORESTATION LLC$3,1536.5%
WYNN INNOVATIONS LLC$5121.1%

Spending by fiscal year

855.5KFY2017
328.6KFY2018
122.5KFY2019
456.1KFY2020
100.4KFY2021
168.4KFY2022
322.4KFY2023
-4.3KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for forestry · 1153$47.7K99%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$5121.1%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Georgetown, California, so they do not add up across cities.

Georgetown, California's figures are part of those of El Dorado County, CA ($40.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Georgetown is mostly in El Dorado County.

See federal money in El Dorado County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Georgetown, California is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

El Dorado County85100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA65

Other cities and towns in El Dorado County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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