Blue Eye vs Galena

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Eye and Galena: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Eye and Galena are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Galena has the higher population (613 vs 413 in Blue Eye). Galena has the higher median household income ($42,125 vs $31,250 in Blue Eye). Blue Eye has the higher median home value ($128,100 vs $123,900 in Galena).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Eye	Galena
Population	413	613
Median age	63.6 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$31,250	$42,125
Median home value	$128,100	$123,900
Median gross rent	$849	$739
Housing units	301	210
Homeownership rate	59.3%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Eye	Galena
Population	284 → 413 (+45.4%)	733 → 613 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $31,250 (-24.7%)	$27,292 → $42,125 (+54.3%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $128,100 (+6.0%)	$94,600 → $123,900 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $849 (+17.6%)	$663 → $739 (+11.5%)

Blue Eye

Population

284413

Median household income

$41,500$31,250

Median home value

$120,800$128,100

Median gross rent

$722$849

Galena

Population

733613

Median household income

$27,292$42,125

Median home value

$94,600$123,900

Median gross rent

$663$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Eye	Galena
Under 5	3.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	4.8%	27.9%
18 to 24	1.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	0.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	2.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	29.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	27.1%	4.7%
75 and over	16.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Eye	Galena
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	91.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Eye	Galena
No high school diploma	17.0%	17.9%
High school graduate	34.6%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Eye	Galena
Drove alone	70.9%	76.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Eye	Galena
1-unit, detached	28.2%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	12.9%
20 or more units	43.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Blue Eye	Galena
Poverty rate	10.4%	37.1%
Average household size	1.93	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	2005	1963