Galatia vs Muddy

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

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

Galatia has the higher population (970 vs 42 in Muddy). Since 2019, Galatia's population has grown faster (+9.9% vs -4.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Galatia	Muddy
Population	970	42
Median age	37.4 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,938	—
Median home value	$78,600	—
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	407	21
Homeownership rate	75.4%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galatia	Muddy
Population	883 → 970 (+9.9%)	44 → 42 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$32,885 → $49,938 (+51.9%)	—
Median home value	$63,600 → $78,600 (+23.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$528 → $725 (+37.3%)	$525 → $638 (+21.5%)

Galatia

Population

883970

Median household income

$32,885$49,938

Median home value

$63,600$78,600

Median gross rent

$528$725

Muddy

Population

4442

Median gross rent

$525$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galatia	Muddy
Under 5	3.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	20.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	6.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	24.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	31.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	14.3%
75 and over	4.2%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galatia	Muddy
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galatia	Muddy
No high school diploma	3.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.9%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galatia	Muddy
Drove alone	89.9%	50.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	35.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galatia	Muddy
1-unit, detached	78.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Galatia	Muddy
Poverty rate	4.5%	38.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	41	—
Median year structure built	1971	1955