Galveston vs Young America

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

Galveston and Young America 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 298 in Young America). Galveston has the higher median household income ($56,969 vs $51,667 in Young America). Galveston has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $109,900 in Young America).

Population, income & housing

	Galveston	Young America
Population	1,326	298
Median age	49.4 yrs	23.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,969	$51,667
Median home value	$121,200	$109,900
Median gross rent	$639	—
Housing units	715	104
Homeownership rate	66.0%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galveston	Young America
Population	1,226 → 1,326 (+8.2%)	300 → 298 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$49,766 → $56,969 (+14.5%)	$47,596 → $51,667 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $121,200 (+37.3%)	$106,500 → $109,900 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $639 (-12.7%)	—

Galveston

Population

1,2261,326

Median household income

$49,766$56,969

Median home value

$88,300$121,200

Median gross rent

$732$639

Young America

Population

300298

Median household income

$47,596$51,667

Median home value

$106,500$109,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galveston	Young America
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	27.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	26.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	17.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	6.7%
45 to 54	18.2%	9.4%
55 to 64	19.8%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	0.0%
75 and over	7.2%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galveston	Young America
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	64.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	15.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	20.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galveston	Young America
No high school diploma	10.7%	11.7%
High school graduate	44.5%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galveston	Young America
Drove alone	92.1%	70.3%
Carpooled	3.0%	29.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galveston	Young America
1-unit, detached	64.3%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Galveston	Young America
Poverty rate	10.6%	33.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1953	1957