Galesville vs Herald Harbor

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

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

Herald Harbor has the higher population (2,507 vs 1,206 in Galesville). Galesville has the higher median household income ($187,656 vs $139,877 in Herald Harbor). Galesville has the higher median home value ($683,800 vs $562,900 in Herald Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Galesville	Herald Harbor
Population	1,206	2,507
Median age	51.7 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$187,656	$139,877
Median home value	$683,800	$562,900
Median gross rent	—	$2,135
Housing units	438	1,054
Homeownership rate	93.0%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galesville	Herald Harbor
Population	645 → 1,206 (+87.0%)	2,747 → 2,507 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$76,429 → $187,656 (+145.5%)	$128,065 → $139,877 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$586,300 → $683,800 (+16.6%)	$464,300 → $562,900 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,317 → $1,411 (+7.1%)	$1,163 → $2,135 (+83.6%)

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

Herald Harbor

Population

2,7472,507

Median household income

$128,065$139,877

Median home value

$464,300$562,900

Median gross rent

$1,163$2,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galesville	Herald Harbor
Under 5	2.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	7.0%	20.1%
18 to 24	12.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	2.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	17.2%
45 to 54	28.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	8.4%	19.6%
65 to 74	21.6%	11.0%
75 and over	7.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galesville	Herald Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	78.8%
Black or African American	16.7%	3.4%
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%	1.5%
Two or more races	0.5%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galesville	Herald Harbor
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	33.4%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	31.6%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galesville	Herald Harbor
Drove alone	51.0%	76.3%
Carpooled	3.4%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	45.6%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galesville	Herald Harbor
1-unit, detached	97.9%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Galesville	Herald Harbor
Poverty rate	5.1%	1.6%
Average household size	2.91	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	39	30
Median year structure built	1957	1984