Galesville vs Naval Academy

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

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

Naval Academy has the higher population (1,592 vs 1,206 in Galesville). Galesville has the higher median household income ($187,656 vs $120,347 in Naval Academy). Since 2019, Galesville's population has grown faster (+87.0% vs -73.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Galesville	Naval Academy
Population	1,206	1,592
Median age	51.7 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$187,656	$120,347
Median home value	$683,800	—
Median gross rent	—	$2,715
Housing units	438	176
Homeownership rate	93.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galesville	Naval Academy
Population	645 → 1,206 (+87.0%)	5,970 → 1,592 (-73.3%)
Median household income	$76,429 → $187,656 (+145.5%)	$101,250 → $120,347 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$586,300 → $683,800 (+16.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,317 → $1,411 (+7.1%)	$2,229 → $2,715 (+21.8%)

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

Naval Academy

Population

5,9701,592

Median household income

$101,250$120,347

Median gross rent

$2,229$2,715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galesville	Naval Academy
Under 5	2.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	7.0%	4.3%
18 to 24	12.8%	57.4%
25 to 34	2.1%	20.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	5.9%
45 to 54	28.4%	2.8%
55 to 64	8.4%	0.9%
65 to 74	21.6%	1.4%
75 and over	7.8%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galesville	Naval Academy
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	58.5%
Black or African American	16.7%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galesville	Naval Academy
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.7%
High school graduate	33.4%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.6%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galesville	Naval Academy
Drove alone	51.0%	45.3%
Carpooled	3.4%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	36.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	45.6%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galesville	Naval Academy
1-unit, detached	97.9%	7.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	40.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	49.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Galesville	Naval Academy
Poverty rate	5.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.91	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	39	9
Median year structure built	1957	1938