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Georgetown city, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Georgetown city is a Census city of 8,565 people across 6.99 square miles of land, in Georgetown County. Median household income is $56,981, 71.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 17 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $11.6 m.
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Georgetown
What Georgetown is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.99 sq mi
- Water area0.59 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,225
- County holding the largest share of its areaGeorgetown County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Georgetown
- Population8,565
- Median age46.3
- Population under 181,345 plus or minus 292
- Share under 1815.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Population 65 and over2,421
- Share 65 and over28.3 percent
- Households3,532
- Family households2,181
- Share of households that are families61.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Georgetown
- Median household income$56,981
- Per capita income$31,035
- Civilian labor force4,143
- Employed3,753
- Unemployed390 plus or minus 327
- Unemployment rate9.4 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Adults 25 and over6,205
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.1 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.8 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Georgetown
- Housing units4,182
- Occupied units3,532
- Vacant units650 plus or minus 263
- Vacancy rate15.5 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Owner occupied2,530
- Renter occupied1,002 plus or minus 243
- Ownership rate71.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$168,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$780 plus or minus $180
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.4 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Single family units2,717
- Share single family65.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more990 plus or minus 291
- Share in buildings of two or more23.7 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Mobile homes475 plus or minus 236
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Georgetown gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,551
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,647 plus or minus 399
- Share commuting under 15 minutes46.4 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,014 plus or minus 307
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.6 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Drove alone76.2 percent
- Carpooled15.4 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.4 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home2.0 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Georgetown (7(a))
- Approvals17
- Gross approval$11,585,300
- Average approval$681,488
- Median approval$188,200
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,850,000
- Largest approval$2,182,000
- Jobs supported107
- Jobs per approval6.3
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full0
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more23.5 percent
- Share to franchises11.8 percent
- Distinct lenders11
- Distinct industries by NAICS15
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Georgetown (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$5,728,000
- Average approval$2,864,000
- Median approval$4,302,000
- Largest approval$4,302,000
- Jobs supported150
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Georgetown County, not Georgetown
Georgetown County context, not Georgetown figures
These are Georgetown County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Georgetown measurements.
- Establishments in Georgetown County2,038
- Employment at those establishments, Georgetown County22,113
- Covered employment, Georgetown County26,006
- Average annual pay, Georgetown County$50,335
- Average weekly wage, Georgetown County$968
- Housing units permitted, Georgetown County327
- Of those, single family, Georgetown County327
- County product, 2024, Georgetown County$4,015,972,000
- County product change over the prior year, Georgetown County7.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Georgetown County$108,554
Every figure in this section is published for Georgetown County as a whole and is not a measurement of Georgetown. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Georgetown questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Georgetown, South Carolina?
8,565, in 3,532 households. Georgetown city covers 6.99 square miles of land, which is 1,225 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Georgetown in?
Georgetown County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Georgetown?
$56,981. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $168,100. Median gross rent is $780 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Georgetown businesses?
17 7(a) approvals totalling $11.6 m, across 11 lenders, median approval $188,200, plus 2 504 approvals worth $5.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Georgetown, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Georgetown borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Georgetown. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Georgetown figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Georgetown County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Georgetown.
Is zoning published for Georgetown?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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