Galien vs Michiana

A side-by-side comparison of Galien and Michiana: population, income, housing, and more.

Galien and Michiana are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Galien has the higher population (519 vs 289 in Michiana). Michiana has the higher median household income ($162,708 vs $51,458 in Galien). Michiana has the higher median home value ($712,500 vs $126,300 in Galien).

Population, income & housing

	Galien	Michiana
Population	519	289
Median age	31.9 yrs	66.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,458	$162,708
Median home value	$126,300	$712,500
Median gross rent	$993	—
Housing units	220	401
Homeownership rate	69.7%	97.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	81.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galien	Michiana
Population	473 → 519 (+9.7%)	200 → 289 (+44.5%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $51,458 (-4.3%)	$87,500 → $162,708 (+86.0%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $126,300 (+38.3%)	$509,100 → $712,500 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $993 (+25.4%)	—

Galien

Population

473519

Median household income

$53,750$51,458

Median home value

$91,300$126,300

Median gross rent

$792$993

Michiana

Population

200289

Median household income

$87,500$162,708

Median home value

$509,100$712,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galien	Michiana
Under 5	7.3%	1.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	1.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	1.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	3.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.0%
55 to 64	8.7%	19.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	47.4%
75 and over	5.4%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galien	Michiana
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galien	Michiana
No high school diploma	14.5%	0.4%
High school graduate	31.0%	5.7%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	56.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galien	Michiana
Drove alone	85.6%	50.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	6.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	44.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galien	Michiana
1-unit, detached	83.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Galien	Michiana
Poverty rate	17.7%	3.8%
Average household size	2.46	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	27	51
Median year structure built	1958	1958