Climax vs Galesburg

A side-by-side comparison of Climax and Galesburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Galesburg has the higher population (2,122 vs 790 in Climax). Climax has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $50,481 in Galesburg). Climax has the higher median home value ($202,600 vs $104,100 in Galesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Climax	Galesburg
Population	790	2,122
Median age	30.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$50,481
Median home value	$202,600	$104,100
Median gross rent	$850	$898
Housing units	334	898
Homeownership rate	84.2%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	22.1%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Climax	Galesburg
Population	762 → 790 (+3.7%)	2,150 → 2,122 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$61,917 → $78,750 (+27.2%)	$36,136 → $50,481 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $202,600 (+65.5%)	$73,900 → $104,100 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $850 (+17.2%)	$640 → $898 (+40.3%)

Climax

Population

762790

Median household income

$61,917$78,750

Median home value

$122,400$202,600

Median gross rent

$725$850

Galesburg

Population

2,1502,122

Median household income

$36,136$50,481

Median home value

$73,900$104,100

Median gross rent

$640$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Climax	Galesburg
Under 5	8.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	20.5%
18 to 24	12.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	17.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	8.1%	16.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.0%
75 and over	4.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Climax	Galesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Climax	Galesburg
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	31.7%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Climax	Galesburg
Drove alone	82.7%	83.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	4.5%
Worked from home	8.7%	4.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Climax	Galesburg
1-unit, detached	83.2%	46.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	29.6%

Poverty & households

	Climax	Galesburg
Poverty rate	9.0%	22.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1980	1960