Galena vs Tolchester

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

Galena and Tolchester 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 381 in Tolchester). Tolchester has the higher median household income ($114,750 vs $87,188 in Galena). Tolchester has the higher median home value ($320,700 vs $273,100 in Galena).

Population, income & housing

	Galena	Tolchester
Population	766	381
Median age	38.6 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$87,188	$114,750
Median home value	$273,100	$320,700
Median gross rent	$850	$1,021
Housing units	355	234
Homeownership rate	65.3%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	52.2%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galena	Tolchester
Population	654 → 766 (+17.1%)	350 → 381 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$65,156 → $87,188 (+33.8%)	$126,938 → $114,750 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$223,900 → $273,100 (+22.0%)	$200,000 → $320,700 (+60.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $850 (-15.3%)	$1,588 → $1,021 (-35.7%)

Galena

Population

654766

Median household income

$65,156$87,188

Median home value

$223,900$273,100

Median gross rent

$1,004$850

Tolchester

Population

350381

Median household income

$126,938$114,750

Median home value

$200,000$320,700

Median gross rent

$1,588$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galena	Tolchester
Under 5	3.9%	2.6%
5 to 17	8.5%	3.9%
18 to 24	14.5%	2.9%
25 to 34	19.6%	31.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	31.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	15.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	3.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.2%
75 and over	9.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galena	Tolchester
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	73.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galena	Tolchester
No high school diploma	10.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	27.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	47.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galena	Tolchester
Drove alone	77.9%	94.9%
Carpooled	4.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	5.1%
Other means	9.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galena	Tolchester
1-unit, detached	80.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Galena	Tolchester
Poverty rate	2.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.21	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	45	49
Median year structure built	1977	1951