Galesburg vs Oneida

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

Galesburg and Oneida 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 770 in Oneida). Oneida has the higher median household income ($66,615 vs $45,213 in Galesburg). Oneida has the higher median home value ($107,400 vs $89,800 in Galesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Galesburg	Oneida
Population	29,653	770
Median age	41.2 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,213	$66,615
Median home value	$89,800	$107,400
Median gross rent	$719	$882
Housing units	14,217	291
Homeownership rate	61.2%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galesburg	Oneida
Population	30,689 → 29,653 (-3.4%)	708 → 770 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$36,547 → $45,213 (+23.7%)	$71,250 → $66,615 (-6.5%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $89,800 (+18.3%)	$81,500 → $107,400 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $719 (+12.9%)	$833 → $882 (+5.9%)

Galesburg

Population

30,68929,653

Median household income

$36,547$45,213

Median home value

$75,900$89,800

Median gross rent

$637$719

Oneida

Population

708770

Median household income

$71,250$66,615

Median home value

$81,500$107,400

Median gross rent

$833$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galesburg	Oneida
Under 5	4.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	12.9%	23.2%
18 to 24	12.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	8.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	19.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.4%
75 and over	10.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galesburg	Oneida
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	12.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galesburg	Oneida
No high school diploma	14.3%	3.6%
High school graduate	34.2%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galesburg	Oneida
Drove alone	75.4%	87.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	5.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	5.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galesburg	Oneida
1-unit, detached	68.1%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	3.4%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Galesburg	Oneida
Poverty rate	20.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1953	1960