Kentucky city profile

What Is It Like to Live in Georgetown?

What it costs to live in Georgetown, and how it compares with other Kentucky cities, in plain numbers.

Value score

66

10th best value in Kentucky

How much you get for what you pay, versus other Kentucky cities.

Overall livability

68

7th overall in Kentucky

Cost, safety, schools, jobs and quality of life combined.

Georgetown is home to about 36,281 people. A typical home runs $186,300 and a household earns around $66,900, a price-to-income ratio of 2.8. Among Kentucky's largest cities, it ranks 10th for value and 7th overall. For context, the typical Georgetown home is about 29% below the statewide median of $263,000 and local household income is about 10% above the statewide median of $60,800.

Georgetown at a glance

Median home price

$186,300

14th in KY of 30

Median rent

$998/mo

Median household income

$66,900

Home price to income

2.8x

Unemployment

3.0%

1st in KY of 30

School rating

5/10

10th in KY of 30

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More Kentucky cities: Bowling Green, Covington, Elizabethtown, Florence, Lexington-Fayette urban county, Louisville/Jefferson County metro government, Nicholasville, Owensboro, Richmond

Sources: Home prices and rent from Zillow; income, unemployment and commute from the U.S. Census; school ratings from state education data; crime from the FBI. City rankings are within Kentucky only. Updated 2026.