Abingdon vs Galesburg

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

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

Galesburg has the higher population (29,653 vs 3,424 in Abingdon). Abingdon has the higher median household income ($56,414 vs $45,213 in Galesburg). Galesburg has the higher median home value ($89,800 vs $88,900 in Abingdon).

Population, income & housing

	Abingdon	Galesburg
Population	3,424	29,653
Median age	38.9 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,414	$45,213
Median home value	$88,900	$89,800
Median gross rent	$723	$719
Housing units	1,635	14,217
Homeownership rate	69.8%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abingdon	Galesburg
Population	3,509 → 3,424 (-2.4%)	30,689 → 29,653 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$44,072 → $56,414 (+28.0%)	$36,547 → $45,213 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $88,900 (+44.1%)	$75,900 → $89,800 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $723 (+32.2%)	$637 → $719 (+12.9%)

Abingdon

Population

3,5093,424

Median household income

$44,072$56,414

Median home value

$61,700$88,900

Median gross rent

$547$723

Galesburg

Population

30,68929,653

Median household income

$36,547$45,213

Median home value

$75,900$89,800

Median gross rent

$637$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abingdon	Galesburg
Under 5	6.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	12.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.5%
75 and over	8.3%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abingdon	Galesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	72.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abingdon	Galesburg
No high school diploma	7.1%	14.3%
High school graduate	48.2%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abingdon	Galesburg
Drove alone	94.1%	75.4%
Carpooled	2.3%	11.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.8%
Walked	0.9%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.2%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abingdon	Galesburg
1-unit, detached	90.0%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	9.6%
20 or more units	1.3%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Abingdon	Galesburg
Poverty rate	12.3%	20.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	39	16
Median year structure built	1952	1953