Butlertown vs Galena

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

Butlertown 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 522 in Butlertown). Galena has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $70,875 in Butlertown). Galena has the higher median home value ($273,100 vs $215,400 in Butlertown).

Population, income & housing

	Butlertown	Galena
Population	522	766
Median age	46.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,875	$87,188
Median home value	$215,400	$273,100
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	249	355
Homeownership rate	95.6%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butlertown	Galena
Population	302 → 522 (+72.8%)	654 → 766 (+17.1%)
Median household income	—	$65,156 → $87,188 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $215,400 (+81.3%)	$223,900 → $273,100 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,004 → $850 (-15.3%)

Butlertown

Population

302522

Median home value

$118,800$215,400

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)

	Butlertown	Galena
Under 5	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	8.5%
18 to 24	0.6%	14.5%
25 to 34	5.9%	19.6%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	33.9%	14.6%
55 to 64	17.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	6.9%
75 and over	0.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butlertown	Galena
White (non-Hispanic)	39.3%	79.4%
Black or African American	60.7%	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	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butlertown	Galena
No high school diploma	12.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	40.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butlertown	Galena
Drove alone	66.3%	77.9%
Carpooled	31.1%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butlertown	Galena
1-unit, detached	95.6%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Butlertown	Galena
Poverty rate	28.9%	2.0%
Average household size	2.10	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	34	45
Median year structure built	1998	1977