Town · Clear Creek County, Colorado

Georgetown, Colorado

Georgetown is a town in Clear Creek County, Colorado, part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area. It has 1,053 residents. Georgetown, Colorado has a quality-of-life score of 49 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,953 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Colorado it ranks #154 of 220 cities and towns. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low) and hot days (low). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), pharmacies (low) and primary care physicians (low).

49Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,953 of 15,651 cities and towns
Colorado: #154 of 220 in CO
Population: 1,053 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,052.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 0829735

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety46#8,383/15,637
Economy53#7,329/15,631
Housing18#12,344/14,977
Health76#3,756/15,609
Healthcare7#14,480/15,650
Environment54#7,086/15,453
Education84#2,493/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,585/15,650
Community71#4,578/15,651
Leisure & amenities66#5,276/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Georgetown, Colorado ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Clear Creek 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 · high50.0 /10k
100/100Colorado 13.1 /10kUnited States 7.7 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyClear Creek County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low3.9 µg/m³
100/100Colorado 5.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyClear Creek County value
Hot days · low0 days
100/100Colorado 23 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationClear Creek County value
Restaurants and bars · high21.1 /10k
99/100Colorado 9.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClear Creek County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high15.6 /10k
98/100Colorado 6.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClear Creek County value
Life expectancy · high83.7 yrs
98/100Colorado 78.7 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClear Creek County value

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low18.8%
0/100Colorado 26.2%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationClear Creek County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Colorado 0.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClear Creek County value
Primary care physicians · low11 /100k
1/100Colorado 84 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClear Creek County value
Social associations · low3.3 /10k
2/100Colorado 8.7 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClear Creek County value
Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100Colorado 31.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Traffic deaths · high41.2 /100k
3/100Colorado 11.9 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataClear Creek County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,131 (2015-2019) → 1,053 (2020-2024)
−6.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
46.5% (2015-2019) → 81.7% (2020-2024)
+35 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
28.5% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 20.8% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
69.2 /1k (2021) → 5.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−92%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
35.8% (2015-2019) → 50.2% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Colorado improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 7 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.

Improved1

Bachelor's++14 points35.8% → 50.2%

Declined3

Rent / income+23 points28.5% → 51.0%
Rent burden+35 points46.5% → 81.7%
Broadband−9.4 points88.6% → 79.2%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Georgetown, Colorado between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.0 min2015-2019	25.3 min2020-2024	−0.7 min	Within the margin of error	56%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%2015-2019	50.2%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	97%
Broadband subscriptions	88.6%2015-2019	79.2%2020-2024	−9.4 points	Declined	1%
Effective property tax rate	0.41%2015-2019	0.52%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	6%
High school diploma or higher	98.1%2015-2019	92.9%2020-2024	−5.2 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Home price to income ratio	5.5×2015-2019	6.6×2020-2024	+1.1×	Within the margin of error	17%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4632015-2019	0.5632020-2024	+0.100	Within the margin of error	5%
Median household income	$54,0832015-2019	$79,1182020-2024	+46%	Within the margin of error	81%
Rent as share of income	28.5%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+23 points	Declined	2%
Rent-burdened households	46.5%2015-2019	81.7%2020-2024	+35 points	Declined	2%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.6%2015-2019	20.6%2020-2024	+6 points	Within the margin of error	8%

“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, Colorado five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Georgetown, Colorado 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, Colorado itself moved −21.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

1,053 residents (±222)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

596 households (±141)

Georgetown, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $25k19%†115
$25k–50k18%†108
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

596 households (±141)

Georgetown, Colorado
Colorado share

Own71%426
Rent29%†170

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

603 workers (±179)

Georgetown, Colorado
Colorado share

Drive alone50%†304
Carpool15%†92
Public transit

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 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

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 Clear Creek County, the county holding most of Georgetown's residents.

Clear Creek County has 340 employer establishments, 375 for every 10,000 residents (1.51× the US rate of 248; 1.21× Colorado's), with 3,044 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,252. The Census Bureau also counts 1,111 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 340; 1,111 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 375; US 248 · Colorado 309
Paid employees: 3,044
Average annual pay: $52,252; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	36	39.7	2.16×More than typical	533	$35,118	—
Lessors of real estate	22	24.2	1.97×More than typical	29	$64,966	154
Specialty trade contractors	22	24.2	1.57×More than typical	62	$51,371	81
Construction of buildings	18	19.8	2.62×More than typical	34	$40,118	41
Management, scientific and technical consulting	18	19.8	2.96×More than typical	24	$62,333	68
Full-service restaurants	15	16.5	2.15×More than typical	309	$38,832	—
Limited-service restaurants	14	15.4	1.92×More than typical	168	$29,833	—
Traveler accommodation	14	15.4	8.55×More than typical	84	$34,440	15
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	13	14.3	5.39×More than typical	807	$19,844	10
Gasoline stations	13	14.3	4.42×More than typical	114	$35,096	—
Other amusement and recreation industries	13	14.3	5.91×More than typical	807	$19,844	9
Building equipment contractors	10	11	1.83×More than typical	31	$61,226	13

Rank places for an industry Open Clear Creek County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,078 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Georgetown, Colorado: $0 per resident (US $2,009).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $2,009
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

-0.6FY2017

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 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, Colorado, so they do not add up across cities.

Georgetown, Colorado's figures are part of those of Clear Creek County, CO ($289.1K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Clear Creek 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, Colorado is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Joe NeguseD-CO-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

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

Clear Creek County70100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO78

Other cities and towns in Clear Creek 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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