Galena vs Stockton

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

Galena and Stockton 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 1,867 in Stockton). Galena has the higher median household income ($55,765 vs $52,800 in Stockton). Galena has the higher median home value ($199,700 vs $88,400 in Stockton).

Population, income & housing

	Galena	Stockton
Population	2,899	1,867
Median age	58.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,765	$52,800
Median home value	$199,700	$88,400
Median gross rent	$773	$804
Housing units	1,954	872
Homeownership rate	64.1%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galena	Stockton
Population	3,249 → 2,899 (-10.8%)	1,815 → 1,867 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$57,851 → $55,765 (-3.6%)	$43,750 → $52,800 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$150,900 → $199,700 (+32.3%)	$83,400 → $88,400 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $773 (+19.8%)	$588 → $804 (+36.7%)

Galena

Population

3,2492,899

Median household income

$57,851$55,765

Median home value

$150,900$199,700

Median gross rent

$645$773

Stockton

Population

1,8151,867

Median household income

$43,750$52,800

Median home value

$83,400$88,400

Median gross rent

$588$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galena	Stockton
Under 5	5.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	4.8%	22.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	6.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	6.5%	16.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	24.8%	5.9%
75 and over	14.8%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galena	Stockton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galena	Stockton
No high school diploma	2.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	27.0%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galena	Stockton
Drove alone	60.7%	82.6%
Carpooled	10.4%	6.8%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galena	Stockton
1-unit, detached	65.9%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Galena	Stockton
Poverty rate	9.4%	12.3%
Average household size	1.67	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1938	1951