Galesburg vs Oak Run

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

Galesburg and Oak Run 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 722 in Oak Run). Oak Run has the higher median household income ($120,972 vs $45,213 in Galesburg). Oak Run has the higher median home value ($280,600 vs $89,800 in Galesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Galesburg	Oak Run
Population	29,653	722
Median age	41.2 yrs	60.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,213	$120,972
Median home value	$89,800	$280,600
Median gross rent	$719	—
Housing units	14,217	633
Homeownership rate	61.2%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galesburg	Oak Run
Population	30,689 → 29,653 (-3.4%)	556 → 722 (+29.9%)
Median household income	$36,547 → $45,213 (+23.7%)	$79,750 → $120,972 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $89,800 (+18.3%)	$240,000 → $280,600 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $719 (+12.9%)	—

Galesburg

Population

30,68929,653

Median household income

$36,547$45,213

Median home value

$75,900$89,800

Median gross rent

$637$719

Oak Run

Population

556722

Median household income

$79,750$120,972

Median home value

$240,000$280,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galesburg	Oak Run
Under 5	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	12.6%	3.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	0.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	28.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	28.1%
75 and over	10.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galesburg	Oak Run
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	98.5%
Black or African American	12.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galesburg	Oak Run
No high school diploma	14.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	34.2%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galesburg	Oak Run
Drove alone	75.4%	74.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	17.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	8.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galesburg	Oak Run
1-unit, detached	68.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Galesburg	Oak Run
Poverty rate	20.7%	4.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	16	26
Median year structure built	1953	1998