Galesburg vs Westwood

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

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

Westwood has the higher population (8,968 vs 2,122 in Galesburg). Westwood has the higher median household income ($62,408 vs $50,481 in Galesburg). Westwood has the higher median home value ($187,300 vs $104,100 in Galesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Galesburg	Westwood
Population	2,122	8,968
Median age	37.6 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,481	$62,408
Median home value	$104,100	$187,300
Median gross rent	$898	$1,192
Housing units	898	4,981
Homeownership rate	61.1%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galesburg	Westwood
Population	2,150 → 2,122 (-1.3%)	9,271 → 8,968 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$36,136 → $50,481 (+39.7%)	$56,500 → $62,408 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $104,100 (+40.9%)	$129,100 → $187,300 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $898 (+40.3%)	$903 → $1,192 (+32.0%)

Galesburg

Population

2,1502,122

Median household income

$36,136$50,481

Median home value

$73,900$104,100

Median gross rent

$640$898

Westwood

Population

9,2718,968

Median household income

$56,500$62,408

Median home value

$129,100$187,300

Median gross rent

$903$1,192

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galesburg	Westwood
Under 5	4.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	18.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	16.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	7.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.2%
75 and over	7.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galesburg	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	72.3%
Black or African American	5.9%	14.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galesburg	Westwood
No high school diploma	7.4%	4.1%
High school graduate	50.0%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galesburg	Westwood
Drove alone	83.5%	74.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	3.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	4.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galesburg	Westwood
1-unit, detached	46.8%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	23.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	29.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Galesburg	Westwood
Poverty rate	22.4%	15.2%
Average household size	2.71	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1960	1966