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The industry sectors with the most employees are transportation (15.1%), education (9.6%), hospitality/restaurants (8.1%), health care (6.1%), public administration (5.1%), construction (4.5%), and professional, scientific, technical services (3.5%).

Georgetown, KY Neighborhoods

Georgetown has lovely, well-established neighborhoods with tree-lined streets. If you want to live in a place with southern charm, here are some areas with the nicest homes.

• Paynes Depot/White Sulphur: If you desire to be in the ritziest part of the city and as close to Lexington as possible, this is the area to check out. A median home lists for sale at $521,053, which is pretty pricey. Rental homes are available for around $1,444 per month. However, most homes are owner-occupied, and the vacancy rate is only 3%, so you may find it challenging when looking for a place to rent.
• Delaplain/Oxford: This area is worth exploring if you want to save a little money and live on the northeast side of town.The median home price is $384,258. Rents are higher, though, with an average of $1,608 monthly.
• Duval/Watkinsville: This area is on the northwest side near the famous Stamping Ground, where buffalo used to migrate long ago. The median home price is $376,184. The rents are around $1,448 per month, higher than about 86.4% of the other parts of the state.

Georgetown, KY School District

The public school district in Georgetown is the Scott County Schools. The district spends around $8,556 per student each year. The student-to-teacher ratio is around 14 to one.

There are five private schools in Georgetown. Some with positive recognition are the Children’s Montessori School of Georgetown (PK and K) and the Providence Christian Academy (PK to 11th grade).

Georgetown College is a private four-year institution for higher education in Georgetown and Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. You can find the University of Kentucky in nearby Lexington for public schools. Kentucky State University is in Frankfort, Kentucky, about 20 miles away. In Richmond, Kentucky, there is a four-year public college called Eastern Kentucky University.

Moving to Georgetown, KY

If you are moving to Georgetown, here is some information to get started with your new house or apartment.

The Georgetown Municipal Water and Sewer Service provides water and sewer services. The city provides trash pickup service and also has a recycling center.

Kentucky Utilities provides electricity. Columbia Gas of Kentucky delivers natural gas. Spectrum provides cable and internet connections. AT&T provides telephone service

The Parks & Recreation Department of Georgetown and Scott County maintains the public parks, supervises programs/events, and manages the facilities, including a public swimming pool.

Georgetown has an elected mayor and a city council with seven members. Georgetown is a home-rule-class city. This category means that the Georgetown municipal government has more control over issues that would normally be under the jurisdiction of the state.

Georgetown, KY Housing

The median home price in Georgetown is $343,900, which increased by a whopping 29.2% year-over-year in 2021. Even though the housing prices are going up and are 12% more than other parts of the state, they are still 18% less than the national average. The overall cost of living in Georgetown is 1% more than other parts of Kentucky and 8% below the rest of the USA.