Galena vs Warren

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

Galena and Warren 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 1,439 in Warren). Warren has the higher median household income ($73,500 vs $55,765 in Galena). Galena has the higher median home value ($199,700 vs $104,900 in Warren).

Population, income & housing

	Galena	Warren
Population	2,899	1,439
Median age	58.1 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,765	$73,500
Median home value	$199,700	$104,900
Median gross rent	$773	$752
Housing units	1,954	628
Homeownership rate	64.1%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galena	Warren
Population	3,249 → 2,899 (-10.8%)	1,237 → 1,439 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$57,851 → $55,765 (-3.6%)	$50,521 → $73,500 (+45.5%)
Median home value	$150,900 → $199,700 (+32.3%)	$83,500 → $104,900 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $773 (+19.8%)	$579 → $752 (+29.9%)

Galena

Population

3,2492,899

Median household income

$57,851$55,765

Median home value

$150,900$199,700

Median gross rent

$645$773

Warren

Population

1,2371,439

Median household income

$50,521$73,500

Median home value

$83,500$104,900

Median gross rent

$579$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galena	Warren
Under 5	5.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	4.8%	23.8%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	6.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	24.8%	15.2%
75 and over	14.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galena	Warren
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galena	Warren
No high school diploma	2.8%	14.6%
High school graduate	27.0%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galena	Warren
Drove alone	60.7%	86.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	3.4%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galena	Warren
1-unit, detached	65.9%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Galena	Warren
Poverty rate	9.4%	6.3%
Average household size	1.67	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	14	27
Median year structure built	1938	1949