Galien vs Shoreham

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

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

Shoreham has the higher population (899 vs 519 in Galien). Shoreham has the higher median household income ($110,231 vs $51,458 in Galien). Shoreham has the higher median home value ($284,900 vs $126,300 in Galien).

Population, income & housing

	Galien	Shoreham
Population	519	899
Median age	31.9 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,458	$110,231
Median home value	$126,300	$284,900
Median gross rent	$993	$1,309
Housing units	220	526
Homeownership rate	69.7%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galien	Shoreham
Population	473 → 519 (+9.7%)	846 → 899 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $51,458 (-4.3%)	$83,571 → $110,231 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $126,300 (+38.3%)	$199,400 → $284,900 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $993 (+25.4%)	$1,138 → $1,309 (+15.0%)

Galien

Population

473519

Median household income

$53,750$51,458

Median home value

$91,300$126,300

Median gross rent

$792$993

Shoreham

Population

846899

Median household income

$83,571$110,231

Median home value

$199,400$284,900

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,309

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galien	Shoreham
Under 5	7.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	18.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	6.5%
35 to 44	16.2%	15.9%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	8.7%	17.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	13.1%
75 and over	5.4%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galien	Shoreham
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galien	Shoreham
No high school diploma	14.5%	0.3%
High school graduate	31.0%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galien	Shoreham
Drove alone	85.6%	78.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	6.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	16.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galien	Shoreham
1-unit, detached	83.2%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Galien	Shoreham
Poverty rate	17.7%	1.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1958	1975