Erie vs Galesburg

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

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

Erie has the higher population (1,318 vs 184 in Galesburg). Galesburg has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $39,688 in Erie). Erie has the higher median home value ($89,600 vs $88,600 in Galesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	Galesburg
Population	1,318	184
Median age	41.1 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,688	$59,375
Median home value	$89,600	$88,600
Median gross rent	$548	—
Housing units	662	64
Homeownership rate	74.7%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	Galesburg
Population	1,444 → 1,318 (-8.7%)	190 → 184 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$51,204 → $39,688 (-22.5%)	$37,102 → $59,375 (+60.0%)
Median home value	$65,600 → $89,600 (+36.6%)	$45,000 → $88,600 (+96.9%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $548 (-19.6%)	$638 → $750 (+17.6%)

Erie

Population

1,4441,318

Median household income

$51,204$39,688

Median home value

$65,600$89,600

Median gross rent

$682$548

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)

	Erie	Galesburg
Under 5	10.8%	10.3%
5 to 17	13.6%	20.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	14.1%
25 to 34	16.9%	16.3%
35 to 44	5.4%	15.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	8.2%
55 to 64	17.1%	4.3%
65 to 74	13.5%	6.0%
75 and over	9.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	Galesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	71.2%
Black or African American	8.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	28.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	Galesburg
No high school diploma	6.6%	2.9%
High school graduate	29.9%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	Galesburg
Drove alone	79.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	21.1%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	Galesburg
1-unit, detached	81.3%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Erie	Galesburg
Poverty rate	18.1%	19.6%
Average household size	2.11	3.76
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1969	1976