Galena vs Rock Hall

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

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

Rock Hall has the higher population (1,286 vs 766 in Galena). Galena has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $68,906 in Rock Hall). Galena has the higher median home value ($273,100 vs $245,400 in Rock Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Galena	Rock Hall
Population	766	1,286
Median age	38.6 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,188	$68,906
Median home value	$273,100	$245,400
Median gross rent	$850	$808
Housing units	355	959
Homeownership rate	65.3%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galena	Rock Hall
Population	654 → 766 (+17.1%)	1,340 → 1,286 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$65,156 → $87,188 (+33.8%)	$38,871 → $68,906 (+77.3%)
Median home value	$223,900 → $273,100 (+22.0%)	$185,100 → $245,400 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $850 (-15.3%)	$823 → $808 (-1.8%)

Galena

Population

654766

Median household income

$65,156$87,188

Median home value

$223,900$273,100

Median gross rent

$1,004$850

Rock Hall

Population

1,3401,286

Median household income

$38,871$68,906

Median home value

$185,100$245,400

Median gross rent

$823$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galena	Rock Hall
Under 5	3.9%	1.5%
5 to 17	8.5%	9.8%
18 to 24	14.5%	3.6%
25 to 34	19.6%	7.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	6.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	24.9%
75 and over	9.8%	20.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galena	Rock Hall
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	93.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galena	Rock Hall
No high school diploma	10.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	27.7%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galena	Rock Hall
Drove alone	77.9%	72.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	7.0%	10.0%
Other means	9.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galena	Rock Hall
1-unit, detached	80.8%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	16.3%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Galena	Rock Hall
Poverty rate	2.0%	9.6%
Average household size	2.21	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	45	22
Median year structure built	1977	1974