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A town of 8,474 people in Essex County, Massachusetts
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Town in Massachusetts, United States
1639Established
8,470Population
13.2 sq miArea
79 ftElevation

Georgetown is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,470 at the 2020 census. It was incorporated in 1838 from part of Rowley.

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Housing in Georgetown

$779K▲ 4% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Georgetown home is worth about $779,000, up 4% in a year, 18% above the Massachusetts typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market15
Sale-to-list103.4%
Sold in May6
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Safety Grade A

Georgetown reports less crime per resident than 92% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Georgetown 0.9
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Georgetown 2.8
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade B

The public schools Georgetown’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#140Best public schoolsof 282 in MA
DistrictGeorgetownSchools4

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