Eastwood vs Galesburg

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

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

Eastwood has the higher population (6,704 vs 2,122 in Galesburg). Galesburg has the higher median household income ($50,481 vs $50,054 in Eastwood). Eastwood has the higher median home value ($133,800 vs $104,100 in Galesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Eastwood	Galesburg
Population	6,704	2,122
Median age	33.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,054	$50,481
Median home value	$133,800	$104,100
Median gross rent	$1,028	$898
Housing units	3,088	898
Homeownership rate	58.1%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastwood	Galesburg
Population	5,656 → 6,704 (+18.5%)	2,150 → 2,122 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$51,418 → $50,054 (-2.7%)	$36,136 → $50,481 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $133,800 (+63.6%)	$73,900 → $104,100 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,028 (+14.9%)	$640 → $898 (+40.3%)

Eastwood

Population

5,6566,704

Median household income

$51,418$50,054

Median home value

$81,800$133,800

Median gross rent

$895$1,028

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)

	Eastwood	Galesburg
Under 5	9.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	20.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	18.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	8.9%
55 to 64	8.6%	9.8%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.0%
75 and over	3.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastwood	Galesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	52.9%	81.1%
Black or African American	27.6%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastwood	Galesburg
No high school diploma	11.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	31.0%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastwood	Galesburg
Drove alone	78.1%	83.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	4.1%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.5%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastwood	Galesburg
1-unit, detached	66.8%	46.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	8.5%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	29.6%

Poverty & households

	Eastwood	Galesburg
Poverty rate	11.3%	22.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1955	1960