Friendship vs Galesville

A side-by-side comparison of Friendship and Galesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Friendship and Galesville are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Galesville has the higher population (1,206 vs 336 in Friendship). Galesville has the higher median home value ($683,800 vs $644,200 in Friendship). Since 2019, Galesville's population has grown faster (+87.0% vs +14.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Friendship	Galesville
Population	336	1,206
Median age	52.4 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$187,656
Median home value	$644,200	$683,800
Housing units	136	438
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	41.9%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendship	Galesville
Population	294 → 336 (+14.3%)	645 → 1,206 (+87.0%)
Median household income	$93,500 → $110,870 (+18.6%)	$76,429 → $187,656 (+145.5%)
Median home value	$625,000 → $644,200 (+3.1%)	$586,300 → $683,800 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,317 → $1,411 (+7.1%)

Friendship

Population

294336

Median household income

$93,500$110,870

Median home value

$625,000$644,200

Galesville

Population

6451,206

Median household income

$76,429$187,656

Median home value

$586,300$683,800

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,411

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friendship	Galesville
Under 5	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	23.2%	7.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.8%
25 to 34	3.3%	2.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	16.4%	28.4%
55 to 64	8.3%	8.4%
65 to 74	26.2%	21.6%
75 and over	11.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendship	Galesville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	82.8%
Black or African American	13.1%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendship	Galesville
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	26.4%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.4%	31.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendship	Galesville
Drove alone	86.9%	51.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	45.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendship	Galesville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Friendship	Galesville
Poverty rate	3.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	37	39
Median year structure built	1982	1957