Galestown vs Taylors Island

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

Galestown and Taylors Island 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 49 in Taylors Island). Taylors Island has the higher median household income ($91,042 vs $39,063 in Galestown). Taylors Island has the higher median home value ($289,300 vs $243,200 in Galestown).

Population, income & housing

	Galestown	Taylors Island
Population	77	49
Median age	56.9 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,063	$91,042
Median home value	$243,200	$289,300
Housing units	50	97
Homeownership rate	91.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galestown	Taylors Island
Population	75 → 77 (+2.7%)	221 → 49 (-77.8%)
Median household income	$23,875 → $39,063 (+63.6%)	$80,089 → $91,042 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$175,000 → $243,200 (+39.0%)	$457,600 → $289,300 (-36.8%)

Galestown

Population

7577

Median household income

$23,875$39,063

Median home value

$175,000$243,200

Taylors Island

Population

22149

Median household income

$80,089$91,042

Median home value

$457,600$289,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galestown	Taylors Island
Under 5	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	8.2%
18 to 24	14.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	1.3%	26.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	28.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	22.1%	30.6%
75 and over	9.1%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galestown	Taylors Island
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
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	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galestown	Taylors Island
No high school diploma	3.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.4%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galestown	Taylors Island
Drove alone	71.4%	87.5%
Carpooled	19.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galestown	Taylors Island
1-unit, detached	92.0%	83.5%
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	8.0%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Galestown	Taylors Island
Poverty rate	20.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.14	1.96
Median year structure built	1940	1977