Brookview vs Galestown

A side-by-side comparison of Brookview and Galestown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Galestown has the higher population (77 vs 34 in Brookview). Brookview has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $39,063 in Galestown). Galestown has the higher median home value ($243,200 vs $116,700 in Brookview).

Population, income & housing

	Brookview	Galestown
Population	34	77
Median age	57.0 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$39,063
Median home value	$116,700	$243,200
Housing units	27	50
Homeownership rate	80.0%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookview	Galestown
Population	51 → 34 (-33.3%)	75 → 77 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$68,125 → $77,500 (+13.8%)	$23,875 → $39,063 (+63.6%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $116,700 (-20.0%)	$175,000 → $243,200 (+39.0%)

Brookview

Population

5134

Median household income

$68,125$77,500

Median home value

$145,800$116,700

Galestown

Population

7577

Median household income

$23,875$39,063

Median home value

$175,000$243,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookview	Galestown
Under 5	11.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	14.3%
25 to 34	23.5%	1.3%
35 to 44	2.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	23.5%	28.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	22.1%
75 and over	17.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookview	Galestown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	94.8%
Black or African American	5.9%	2.6%
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	5.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookview	Galestown
No high school diploma	3.6%	3.6%
High school graduate	67.9%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	3.6%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookview	Galestown
Drove alone	94.1%	71.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookview	Galestown
1-unit, detached	81.5%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookview	Galestown
Poverty rate	8.8%	20.8%
Average household size	1.70	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1948	1940