Galveston vs Walton

A side-by-side comparison of Galveston and Walton: population, income, housing, and more.

Galveston and Walton are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Galveston has the higher population (1,326 vs 734 in Walton). Galveston has the higher median household income ($56,969 vs $46,176 in Walton). Galveston has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $89,200 in Walton).

Population, income & housing

	Galveston	Walton
Population	1,326	734
Median age	49.4 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,969	$46,176
Median home value	$121,200	$89,200
Median gross rent	$639	$630
Housing units	715	384
Homeownership rate	66.0%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galveston	Walton
Population	1,226 → 1,326 (+8.2%)	1,107 → 734 (-33.7%)
Median household income	$49,766 → $56,969 (+14.5%)	$49,750 → $46,176 (-7.2%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $121,200 (+37.3%)	$73,800 → $89,200 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $639 (-12.7%)	$811 → $630 (-22.3%)

Galveston

Population

1,2261,326

Median household income

$49,766$56,969

Median home value

$88,300$121,200

Median gross rent

$732$639

Walton

Population

1,107734

Median household income

$49,750$46,176

Median home value

$73,800$89,200

Median gross rent

$811$630

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galveston	Walton
Under 5	3.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.6%	8.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	4.1%
45 to 54	18.2%	21.3%
55 to 64	19.8%	23.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.3%
75 and over	7.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galveston	Walton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	84.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galveston	Walton
No high school diploma	10.7%	19.4%
High school graduate	44.5%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galveston	Walton
Drove alone	92.1%	90.2%
Carpooled	3.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galveston	Walton
1-unit, detached	64.3%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Galveston	Walton
Poverty rate	10.6%	18.0%
Average household size	2.01	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1953	1954