Galatia vs Harrisburg

A side-by-side comparison of Galatia and Harrisburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harrisburg has the higher population (8,608 vs 970 in Galatia). Galatia has the higher median household income ($49,938 vs $48,488 in Harrisburg). Harrisburg has the higher median home value ($84,800 vs $78,600 in Galatia).

Population, income & housing

	Galatia	Harrisburg
Population	970	8,608
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,938	$48,488
Median home value	$78,600	$84,800
Median gross rent	$725	$717
Housing units	407	4,176
Homeownership rate	75.4%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galatia	Harrisburg
Population	883 → 970 (+9.9%)	8,994 → 8,608 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$32,885 → $49,938 (+51.9%)	$35,204 → $48,488 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$63,600 → $78,600 (+23.6%)	$69,800 → $84,800 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $725 (+37.3%)	$570 → $717 (+25.8%)

Galatia

Population

883970

Median household income

$32,885$49,938

Median home value

$63,600$78,600

Median gross rent

$528$725

Harrisburg

Population

8,9948,608

Median household income

$35,204$48,488

Median home value

$69,800$84,800

Median gross rent

$570$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galatia	Harrisburg
Under 5	3.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	6.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	24.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	4.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.1%
75 and over	4.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galatia	Harrisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galatia	Harrisburg
No high school diploma	3.7%	15.2%
High school graduate	35.9%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galatia	Harrisburg
Drove alone	89.9%	89.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.5%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galatia	Harrisburg
1-unit, detached	78.4%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Galatia	Harrisburg
Poverty rate	4.5%	25.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	41	16
Median year structure built	1971	1965