Galesburg vs Vicksburg

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

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

Vicksburg has the higher population (3,824 vs 2,122 in Galesburg). Vicksburg has the higher median household income ($70,070 vs $50,481 in Galesburg). Vicksburg has the higher median home value ($208,300 vs $104,100 in Galesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Galesburg	Vicksburg
Population	2,122	3,824
Median age	37.6 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,481	$70,070
Median home value	$104,100	$208,300
Median gross rent	$898	$914
Housing units	898	1,598
Homeownership rate	61.1%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galesburg	Vicksburg
Population	2,150 → 2,122 (-1.3%)	3,291 → 3,824 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$36,136 → $50,481 (+39.7%)	$57,115 → $70,070 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $104,100 (+40.9%)	$139,200 → $208,300 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $898 (+40.3%)	$701 → $914 (+30.4%)

Galesburg

Population

2,1502,122

Median household income

$36,136$50,481

Median home value

$73,900$104,100

Median gross rent

$640$898

Vicksburg

Population

3,2913,824

Median household income

$57,115$70,070

Median home value

$139,200$208,300

Median gross rent

$701$914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galesburg	Vicksburg
Under 5	4.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.5%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	11.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	16.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	8.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	6.4%
75 and over	7.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galesburg	Vicksburg
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	94.9%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galesburg	Vicksburg
No high school diploma	7.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	50.0%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galesburg	Vicksburg
Drove alone	83.5%	86.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	4.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galesburg	Vicksburg
1-unit, detached	46.8%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	29.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Galesburg	Vicksburg
Poverty rate	22.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1960	1984