Abingdon vs East Galesburg

A side-by-side comparison of Abingdon and East Galesburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Abingdon has the higher population (3,424 vs 676 in East Galesburg). East Galesburg has the higher median household income ($65,750 vs $56,414 in Abingdon). East Galesburg has the higher median home value ($106,000 vs $88,900 in Abingdon).

Population, income & housing

	Abingdon	East Galesburg
Population	3,424	676
Median age	38.9 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,414	$65,750
Median home value	$88,900	$106,000
Median gross rent	$723	$791
Housing units	1,635	344
Homeownership rate	69.8%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abingdon	East Galesburg
Population	3,509 → 3,424 (-2.4%)	615 → 676 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$44,072 → $56,414 (+28.0%)	$59,844 → $65,750 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $88,900 (+44.1%)	$103,800 → $106,000 (+2.1%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $723 (+32.2%)	$670 → $791 (+18.1%)

Abingdon

Population

3,5093,424

Median household income

$44,072$56,414

Median home value

$61,700$88,900

Median gross rent

$547$723

East Galesburg

Population

615676

Median household income

$59,844$65,750

Median home value

$103,800$106,000

Median gross rent

$670$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abingdon	East Galesburg
Under 5	6.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	8.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	6.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	17.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	18.6%
75 and over	8.3%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abingdon	East Galesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	96.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abingdon	East Galesburg
No high school diploma	7.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	48.2%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abingdon	East Galesburg
Drove alone	94.1%	85.2%
Carpooled	2.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abingdon	East Galesburg
1-unit, detached	90.0%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Abingdon	East Galesburg
Poverty rate	12.3%	13.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	39	22
Median year structure built	1952	1969