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Georgetown County Court House, 1896
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About Georgetown
City in South Carolina, United StatesGeorgetown is the third-oldest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina and the county seat of Georgetown County, in the Lowcountry. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 8,403, a decrease from the 2010 census of 9,163. Located on Winyah Bay at the confluence of the Black, Great Pee Dee, Waccamaw, and Sampit rivers, Georgetown is the second largest seaport in South Carolina, handling over 960,000 tons of materials a year, while Charleston is the largest. Beginning in the colonial era, Georgetown was the commercial center of an indigo- and rice-producing area. Rice replaced indigo as the chief commodity crop in the antebellum era. A timber industry also developed and sawmills were bui…
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Housing in Georgetown
The typical Georgetown home is worth about $252,000, down 0.9% in a year, 18% below the South Carolina typical home.
A buyer's market
Safety in Georgetown
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Health in Georgetown
Health Grade C+
Healthier than 41% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 68% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with South Carolina
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 23 are too close to call.
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Schools in Georgetown
All Georgetown schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Georgetown’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 57% of South Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within SC. Ratings are from neighbors.
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