Galva vs Kewanee

A side-by-side comparison of Galva and Kewanee: population, income, housing, and more.

Galva and Kewanee are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kewanee has the higher population (12,280 vs 2,543 in Galva). Galva has the higher median household income ($55,446 vs $49,668 in Kewanee). Galva has the higher median home value ($77,800 vs $70,000 in Kewanee).

Population, income & housing

	Galva	Kewanee
Population	2,543	12,280
Median age	43.9 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,446	$49,668
Median home value	$77,800	$70,000
Median gross rent	$777	$775
Housing units	1,182	5,948
Homeownership rate	77.2%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galva	Kewanee
Population	2,541 → 2,543 (+0.1%)	12,547 → 12,280 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$43,387 → $55,446 (+27.8%)	$41,664 → $49,668 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$70,700 → $77,800 (+10.0%)	$60,000 → $70,000 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $777 (+47.2%)	$621 → $775 (+24.8%)

Galva

Population

2,5412,543

Median household income

$43,387$55,446

Median home value

$70,700$77,800

Median gross rent

$528$777

Kewanee

Population

12,54712,280

Median household income

$41,664$49,668

Median home value

$60,000$70,000

Median gross rent

$621$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galva	Kewanee
Under 5	10.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	20.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.2%	13.5%
75 and over	6.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galva	Kewanee
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	78.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galva	Kewanee
No high school diploma	6.3%	16.6%
High school graduate	32.2%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galva	Kewanee
Drove alone	74.7%	78.3%
Carpooled	11.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.0%	6.1%
Other means	2.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galva	Kewanee
1-unit, detached	90.8%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	3.4%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Galva	Kewanee
Poverty rate	20.9%	15.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1938	1948