Chanute vs Galesburg

A side-by-side comparison of Chanute and Galesburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Chanute and Galesburg are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chanute has the higher population (8,629 vs 184 in Galesburg). Galesburg has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $47,885 in Chanute). Galesburg has the higher median home value ($88,600 vs $77,900 in Chanute).

Population, income & housing

	Chanute	Galesburg
Population	8,629	184
Median age	38.1 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,885	$59,375
Median home value	$77,900	$88,600
Median gross rent	$653	—
Housing units	4,099	64
Homeownership rate	68.9%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chanute	Galesburg
Population	9,102 → 8,629 (-5.2%)	190 → 184 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$36,838 → $47,885 (+30.0%)	$37,102 → $59,375 (+60.0%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $77,900 (+4.0%)	$45,000 → $88,600 (+96.9%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $653 (+11.2%)	$638 → $750 (+17.6%)

Chanute

Population

9,1028,629

Median household income

$36,838$47,885

Median home value

$74,900$77,900

Median gross rent

$587$653

Galesburg

Population

190184

Median household income

$37,102$59,375

Median home value

$45,000$88,600

Median gross rent

$638$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chanute	Galesburg
Under 5	5.8%	10.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	20.1%
18 to 24	11.2%	14.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	16.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	4.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	6.0%
75 and over	7.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chanute	Galesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	71.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	28.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chanute	Galesburg
No high school diploma	8.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	32.3%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chanute	Galesburg
Drove alone	81.3%	78.9%
Carpooled	13.4%	21.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chanute	Galesburg
1-unit, detached	86.2%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Chanute	Galesburg
Poverty rate	20.1%	19.6%
Average household size	2.31	3.76
Mean commute (minutes)	13	28
Median year structure built	1952	1976