Galena vs New Albany

A side-by-side comparison of Galena and New Albany: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Albany has the higher population (37,589 vs 1,618 in Galena). Galena has the higher median household income ($112,411 vs $54,152 in New Albany). Galena has the higher median home value ($269,000 vs $169,600 in New Albany).

Population, income & housing

	Galena	New Albany
Population	1,618	37,589
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$112,411	$54,152
Median home value	$269,000	$169,600
Median gross rent	—	$971
Housing units	570	18,429
Homeownership rate	98.8%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galena	New Albany
Population	1,780 → 1,618 (-9.1%)	36,647 → 37,589 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$77,400 → $112,411 (+45.2%)	$48,734 → $54,152 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$176,200 → $269,000 (+52.7%)	$122,800 → $169,600 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$784 → $971 (+23.9%)

Galena

Population

1,7801,618

Median household income

$77,400$112,411

Median home value

$176,200$269,000

New Albany

Population

36,64737,589

Median household income

$48,734$54,152

Median home value

$122,800$169,600

Median gross rent

$784$971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galena	New Albany
Under 5	7.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	23.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	16.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.9%
75 and over	3.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galena	New Albany
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galena	New Albany
No high school diploma	3.2%	10.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galena	New Albany
Drove alone	82.0%	77.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.1%	10.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galena	New Albany
1-unit, detached	97.4%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Galena	New Albany
Poverty rate	0.7%	18.4%
Average household size	3.13	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1988	1962