Scores by category

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

Safety78#3,403/15,637
Economy7#14,583/15,631
Housing71#4,344/14,977
Health2#15,248/15,609
Healthcare9#14,214/15,650
Environment22#12,110/15,453
Education33#10,508/15,649
Infrastructure16#13,150/15,650
Community10#14,084/15,651
Leisure & amenities11#13,999/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Georgetown, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Brown 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

Violent crime rate · low48 /100k
98/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureBrown County value
Drought exposure · low0%
95/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAABrown County value
Property crime rate · low339 /100k
95/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureBrown County value
Mental health providers · high513 /100k
88/100Ohio 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBrown County value
Public libraries · high1.6 /10k
87/100Ohio 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesBrown County value
Public transit commuters · high1.5%
80/100Ohio 1.0%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high4,953 /100k
2/100Ohio 3,269 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBrown County value
Adult smoking · high24.0%
3/100Ohio 17.6%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Comfortable days · low22.1%
3/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBrown County value
Poverty rate · high38.4%
4/100Ohio 12.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Average weekly wage · low$876
4/100Ohio $1,313United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBrown County value
Frequent mental distress · high22.5%
4/100Ohio 19.5%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
4,773 (2015-2019) → 3,899 (2020-2024)
−18%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
61.3% (2015-2019) → 77.2% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateWorsening
28.5% (2015-2019) → 38.4% (2020-2024)
+9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
89.9% (2015-2019) → 83.5% (2020-2024)
−6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Average commute timeWorsening
27.6 min (2015-2019) → 36.1 min (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
6.1% (2015-2019) → 11.5% (2020-2024)
+5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Ohio improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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

Broadband+16 points61.3% → 77.2%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Georgetown, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.6 min2015-2019	36.1 min2020-2024	+8.5 min	Within the margin of error	3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%2015-2019	14.5%2020-2024	−4.4 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Broadband subscriptions	61.3%2015-2019	77.2%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	82%
Child poverty rate	39.5%2015-2019	36.8%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Effective property tax rate	0.97%2015-2019	0.93%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	24%
High school diploma or higher	89.9%2015-2019	83.5%2020-2024	−6.4 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	75%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5042015-2019	0.5072020-2024	+0.003	Within the margin of error	48%
Median household income	$33,7112015-2019	$41,6072020-2024	+23%	Within the margin of error	40%
Poverty rate	28.5%2015-2019	38.4%2020-2024	+9.9 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Rent as share of income	33.0%2015-2019	33.7%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Rent-burdened households	55.5%2015-2019	60.9%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.1%2015-2019	11.5%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	9%

“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, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Georgetown, Ohio 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, Ohio itself moved −8.1 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

3,899 residents (±688)

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: Under 10 women (−4.6 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

3,899 residents (±688)

Georgetown, Ohio
Ohio share

White94%3,650
Black2.9%†115
Hispanic or Latino1.1%†43
Asian1.1%†43
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†2
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races1.2%†46

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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

2,977 residents (±552)

Georgetown, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma16%†491
High school or GED41%1,214
Some college18%†537
Associate degree10%†304
Bachelor's degree12%†371
Graduate degree2.0%†60

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (−5.3 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 B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

1,791 households (±337)

Georgetown, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k40%†711
$25k–50k17%†308
$50k–75k13%†229
$75k–100k8.4%†151
$100k–150k14%†250
$150k–200k3.0%†54
$200k or more4.9%†88

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 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

1,791 households (±337)

Georgetown, Ohio
Ohio share

Own61%1,095
Rent39%696

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (−13.5 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

644 households (±190)

Georgetown, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75047%†304
$750–1,00022%†144
$1,000–1,50029%†184

Home values

1,095 homes (±296)

Georgetown, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k50%†550
$150k–250k21%†229
$250k–400k20%†217

Age of homes

1,950 homes (±333)

Georgetown, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later0.8%†15
2000–200911%†207
1980–199922%†431

Size of homes

1,950 homes (±333)

Georgetown, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio2.5%†48
1 bedroom13%†258
2 bedrooms29%†571

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

1,321 workers (±361)

Georgetown, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone85%1,129
Carpool9.5%†126
Public transit1.5%20
Walk0.9%†12
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.6%†34
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Public transit (+1.4 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

1,287 workers (±362)

Georgetown, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min21%†265
15–29 min18%†232
30–44 min24%†315

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 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

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

Brown County has 561 employer establishments, 128 for every 10,000 residents (0.52× the US rate of 248; 0.59× Ohio's), with 5,873 paid employees at an average annual pay of $38,302. The Census Bureau also counts 2,837 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 561; 2,837 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 128; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 5,873
Average annual pay: $38,302; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	42	9.6	0.52×Fewer than typical	882	$17,890	11
Ambulatory health care services	40	9.1	0.44×Fewer than typical	387	$53,406	101
Specialty trade contractors	40	9.1	0.59×Fewer than typical	159	$47,975	391
Religious organizations	29	6.6	1.19×About typical	151	$19,397	—
Limited-service restaurants	25	5.7	0.71×Fewer than typical	467	$17,030	6
Gasoline stations	24	5.5	1.69×More than typical	171	$20,146	—
Lessors of real estate	19	4.3	0.35×Fewer than typical	39	$45,051	208
Automotive repair and maintenance	17	3.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	49	$34,408	98
Truck transportation	17	3.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	80	$52,438	99
Banks and credit unions	16	3.7	1.13×About typical	91	$48,429	—
Construction of buildings	16	3.7	0.48×Fewer than typical	52	$55,404	159
Services to buildings and dwellings	16	3.7	0.54×Fewer than typical	34	$37,353	262

Rank places for an industry Open Brown County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 43,771 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, Ohio: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

3.4KFY2017
22.4FY2018
21.3FY2019
375.1FY2023
-202.6FY2024

What was bought

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, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

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

See federal money in Brown 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, Ohio is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

David J. TaylorR-OH-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.0%

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.

Brown County24100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN69

Other cities and towns in Brown 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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