Galesburg vs Knoxville

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

Galesburg and Knoxville 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 3,137 in Knoxville). Knoxville has the higher median household income ($80,385 vs $45,213 in Galesburg). Knoxville has the higher median home value ($139,900 vs $89,800 in Galesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Galesburg	Knoxville
Population	29,653	3,137
Median age	41.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,213	$80,385
Median home value	$89,800	$139,900
Median gross rent	$719	$675
Housing units	14,217	1,355
Homeownership rate	61.2%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galesburg	Knoxville
Population	30,689 → 29,653 (-3.4%)	3,031 → 3,137 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$36,547 → $45,213 (+23.7%)	$57,350 → $80,385 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $89,800 (+18.3%)	$106,100 → $139,900 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $719 (+12.9%)	$649 → $675 (+4.0%)

Galesburg

Population

30,68929,653

Median household income

$36,547$45,213

Median home value

$75,900$89,800

Median gross rent

$637$719

Knoxville

Population

3,0313,137

Median household income

$57,350$80,385

Median home value

$106,100$139,900

Median gross rent

$649$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galesburg	Knoxville
Under 5	4.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	19.7%
18 to 24	12.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	8.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.0%
75 and over	10.6%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galesburg	Knoxville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	96.0%
Black or African American	12.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galesburg	Knoxville
No high school diploma	14.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	34.2%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galesburg	Knoxville
Drove alone	75.4%	88.8%
Carpooled	11.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	4.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galesburg	Knoxville
1-unit, detached	68.1%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	6.8%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Galesburg	Knoxville
Poverty rate	20.7%	6.6%
Average household size	2.07	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1953	1959