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SheetGA-GEORGETOWN-QUITMAN-COUNTY-GA · Georgetown-Quitman County, GA 2,092 pop · income 6th pct · 1 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Georgetown-Quitman County
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Georgetown-Quitman County on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mount Vernon · lowest
35,202
Mount Vernon · lowest
35,202 median HH income
41.6% of the leader · rank #1
Warsaw · near
36,827
Warsaw · near
36,827 median HH income
43.5% of the leader · rank #2
La Grulla · near
36,827
La Grulla · near
36,827 median HH income
43.5% of the leader · rank #3
Georgetown-Qu… · this city
36,838
Georgetown-Qu… · this city
36,838 median HH income
43.5% of the leader · rank #4
Gregory · near
36,844
Gregory · near
36,844 median HH income
43.5% of the leader · rank #5
Avon Park · near
36,845
Avon Park · near
36,845 median HH income
43.5% of the leader · rank #6
Banks · highest
84,651
Banks · highest
84,651 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Georgetown-Quitman County on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,092.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Georgetown-Quitman County lands in the 6th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
6th
percentile, household income
11th
percentile, home value
51st
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Georgetown-Quitman County, GA
Georgetown-Quitman County is a small town in Georgia, home to 2,092 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Georgetown-Quitman County households earn a median of $36,838 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 8.9%. Home values in Georgetown-Quitman County run a median of $103,000, and the median resident age is 59.4 years. Educational attainment runs 9.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 27.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Georgia run below the national norm: the state registers 96.3 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,203 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Georgia run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 39.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Georgetown-Quitman County's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from within-city variation to comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Georgetown-Quitman County, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What can 1 Census tracts reveal inside Georgetown-Quitman County?
PlainCities matches 1 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Georgetown-Quitman County?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Georgia, the closest population matches are Colquitt (2,085 residents, $37,763 income); Mount Vernon (2,080 residents, $35,202 income); Davisboro (2,120 residents, $48,432 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Judsonia, AR (2,092 residents); North Corbin, KY (2,092 residents); Banks, OR (2,092 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
How far does income reach against housing in Georgetown-Quitman County?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Georgetown-Quitman County?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 85.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is Georgetown-Quitman County growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +29 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.3% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
2,225
2025 estimate
2,254
Period change
+1.3%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 8.9% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
F
City profile score · Georgetown-Quitman County, GA
27/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living C
96.3 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate D
8.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
9.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$36,838
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Georgetown-Quitman County profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Poverty rate: 44/100 (D) · 8.9%
Bachelor's+ share: 4/100 (F) · 9.0%
Household income: 3/100 (F) · $36,838
How does Georgetown-Quitman County compare to other US cities?
Where Georgetown-Quitman County sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income6% higher than other cities
Home value11% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Georgetown-Quitman County against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Georgia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Georgia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Georgetown-Quitman County near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Georgetown-Quitman County ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Georgetown-Quitman County only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#510 of 610
16th percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Median Home Value
#436 of 577
24th percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#389 of 637
38th percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#504 of 638
21st percentile in Georgia
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Georgia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
6th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Georgetown-Quitman County's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$103,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 89% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,565 of 15,516
More affordable than 64% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,833 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.8×, Georgetown-Quitman County sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,565 of 15,516 and #4,833 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$36,838Georgetown-Quitman County, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Georgetown-Quitman County, GA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Georgetown-Quitman County, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)9.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)27.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,092
Median Income
$36,838
Median Home Value
$103,000
Median Age
59.4
Poverty Rate
8.9%
Labor force participation
27.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
9.0%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Georgetown-Quitman County's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,225 residents
2021
2,236 residents
2022
2,247 residents
2023
2,269 residents
2024
2,309 residents
2025
2,254 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
85.8%
Carpool
10.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
3.3%
Based on 485 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Georgia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Georgia at $225 (electricity about $125 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Georgia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Georgetown-Quitman County. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Georgia's BEA cost-of-living index is 96.3 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Georgetown-Quitman County is $1,203/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Georgia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 39.5 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Georgia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Georgetown-Quitman County sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Georgetown-Quitman County compares to similar-size Georgia cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.