Chestertown vs Galena

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

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

Chestertown has the higher population (5,548 vs 766 in Galena). Galena has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $47,047 in Chestertown). Chestertown has the higher median home value ($333,900 vs $273,100 in Galena).

Population, income & housing

	Chestertown	Galena
Population	5,548	766
Median age	32.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,047	$87,188
Median home value	$333,900	$273,100
Median gross rent	$1,090	$850
Housing units	2,383	355
Homeownership rate	48.1%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestertown	Galena
Population	5,088 → 5,548 (+9.0%)	654 → 766 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$47,703 → $47,047 (-1.4%)	$65,156 → $87,188 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$242,700 → $333,900 (+37.6%)	$223,900 → $273,100 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,090 (+29.5%)	$1,004 → $850 (-15.3%)

Chestertown

Population

5,0885,548

Median household income

$47,703$47,047

Median home value

$242,700$333,900

Median gross rent

$842$1,090

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)

	Chestertown	Galena
Under 5	5.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	10.4%	8.5%
18 to 24	27.3%	14.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	19.6%
35 to 44	6.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	6.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	6.9%
75 and over	13.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestertown	Galena
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	79.4%
Black or African American	24.8%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestertown	Galena
No high school diploma	10.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	23.4%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestertown	Galena
Drove alone	57.1%	77.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	22.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	7.0%
Other means	2.0%	9.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestertown	Galena
1-unit, detached	47.4%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.5%	16.3%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chestertown	Galena
Poverty rate	15.6%	2.0%
Average household size	1.83	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	45
Median year structure built	1984	1977