Galena vs Reeds Spring

A side-by-side comparison of Galena and Reeds Spring: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Reeds Spring has the higher population (992 vs 613 in Galena). Reeds Spring has the higher median household income ($54,565 vs $42,125 in Galena). Reeds Spring has the higher median home value ($175,700 vs $123,900 in Galena).

Population, income & housing

	Galena	Reeds Spring
Population	613	992
Median age	30.1 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,125	$54,565
Median home value	$123,900	$175,700
Median gross rent	$739	$825
Housing units	210	428
Homeownership rate	67.0%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galena	Reeds Spring
Population	733 → 613 (-16.4%)	1,266 → 992 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$27,292 → $42,125 (+54.3%)	$39,792 → $54,565 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $123,900 (+31.0%)	$125,000 → $175,700 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $739 (+11.5%)	$846 → $825 (-2.5%)

Galena

Population

733613

Median household income

$27,292$42,125

Median home value

$94,600$123,900

Median gross rent

$663$739

Reeds Spring

Population

1,266992

Median household income

$39,792$54,565

Median home value

$125,000$175,700

Median gross rent

$846$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galena	Reeds Spring
Under 5	6.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	27.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	16.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	4.7%	16.1%
75 and over	5.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galena	Reeds Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	93.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galena	Reeds Spring
No high school diploma	17.9%	13.1%
High school graduate	40.0%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galena	Reeds Spring
Drove alone	76.6%	78.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	8.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galena	Reeds Spring
1-unit, detached	77.1%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Galena	Reeds Spring
Poverty rate	37.1%	11.5%
Average household size	3.15	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1963	1998