Galena vs Hanover

A side-by-side comparison of Galena and Hanover: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Galena has the higher population (2,899 vs 847 in Hanover). Galena has the higher median household income ($55,765 vs $39,583 in Hanover). Galena has the higher median home value ($199,700 vs $86,200 in Hanover).

Population, income & housing

	Galena	Hanover
Population	2,899	847
Median age	58.1 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,765	$39,583
Median home value	$199,700	$86,200
Median gross rent	$773	$751
Housing units	1,954	459
Homeownership rate	64.1%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galena	Hanover
Population	3,249 → 2,899 (-10.8%)	736 → 847 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$57,851 → $55,765 (-3.6%)	$41,719 → $39,583 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$150,900 → $199,700 (+32.3%)	$77,900 → $86,200 (+10.7%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $773 (+19.8%)	$581 → $751 (+29.3%)

Galena

Population

3,2492,899

Median household income

$57,851$55,765

Median home value

$150,900$199,700

Median gross rent

$645$773

Hanover

Population

736847

Median household income

$41,719$39,583

Median home value

$77,900$86,200

Median gross rent

$581$751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galena	Hanover
Under 5	5.6%	1.9%
5 to 17	4.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	2.1%
25 to 34	6.1%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	6.5%	17.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	24.8%	13.0%
75 and over	14.8%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galena	Hanover
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	82.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	1.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galena	Hanover
No high school diploma	2.8%	15.3%
High school graduate	27.0%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galena	Hanover
Drove alone	60.7%	81.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	11.4%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galena	Hanover
1-unit, detached	65.9%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Galena	Hanover
Poverty rate	9.4%	22.6%
Average household size	1.67	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	14	31
Median year structure built	1938	1943