Betterton vs Galena

A side-by-side comparison of Betterton and Galena: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Galena has the higher population (766 vs 358 in Betterton). Galena has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $74,375 in Betterton). Galena has the higher median home value ($273,100 vs $219,000 in Betterton).

Population, income & housing

	Betterton	Galena
Population	358	766
Median age	46.0 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$87,188
Median home value	$219,000	$273,100
Median gross rent	$1,063	$850
Housing units	271	355
Homeownership rate	75.9%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betterton	Galena
Population	431 → 358 (-16.9%)	654 → 766 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$53,594 → $74,375 (+38.8%)	$65,156 → $87,188 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$175,000 → $219,000 (+25.1%)	$223,900 → $273,100 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,063 (+14.3%)	$1,004 → $850 (-15.3%)

Betterton

Population

431358

Median household income

$53,594$74,375

Median home value

$175,000$219,000

Median gross rent

$930$1,063

Galena

Population

654766

Median household income

$65,156$87,188

Median home value

$223,900$273,100

Median gross rent

$1,004$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Betterton	Galena
Under 5	7.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.4%	8.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	14.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	19.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	19.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	6.9%
75 and over	11.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betterton	Galena
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	79.4%
Black or African American	7.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Betterton	Galena
No high school diploma	5.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	37.4%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betterton	Galena
Drove alone	80.8%	77.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	4.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Betterton	Galena
1-unit, detached	72.3%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	16.3%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Betterton	Galena
Poverty rate	13.6%	2.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	27	45
Median year structure built	1948	1977