Galena vs The Galena Territory

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

Galena and The Galena Territory 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 1,644 in The Galena Territory). The Galena Territory has the higher median household income ($112,386 vs $55,765 in Galena). The Galena Territory has the higher median home value ($311,000 vs $199,700 in Galena).

Population, income & housing

	Galena	The Galena Territory
Population	2,899	1,644
Median age	58.1 yrs	63.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,765	$112,386
Median home value	$199,700	$311,000
Median gross rent	$773	$1,148
Housing units	1,954	2,090
Homeownership rate	64.1%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galena	The Galena Territory
Population	3,249 → 2,899 (-10.8%)	1,334 → 1,644 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$57,851 → $55,765 (-3.6%)	$88,333 → $112,386 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$150,900 → $199,700 (+32.3%)	$297,400 → $311,000 (+4.6%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $773 (+19.8%)	$1,667 → $1,148 (-31.1%)

Galena

Population

3,2492,899

Median household income

$57,851$55,765

Median home value

$150,900$199,700

Median gross rent

$645$773

The Galena Territory

Population

1,3341,644

Median household income

$88,333$112,386

Median home value

$297,400$311,000

Median gross rent

$1,667$1,148

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galena	The Galena Territory
Under 5	5.6%	1.1%
5 to 17	4.8%	10.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	0.8%
25 to 34	6.1%	2.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	5.9%
45 to 54	6.5%	17.3%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	24.8%	26.8%
75 and over	14.8%	20.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galena	The Galena Territory
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galena	The Galena Territory
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	27.0%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galena	The Galena Territory
Drove alone	60.7%	56.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	6.3%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	35.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galena	The Galena Territory
1-unit, detached	65.9%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Galena	The Galena Territory
Poverty rate	9.4%	1.4%
Average household size	1.67	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	14	29
Median year structure built	1938	1994