Galeville vs Westvale

A side-by-side comparison of Galeville and Westvale: population, income, housing, and more.

Galeville and Westvale are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Westvale has the higher population (5,293 vs 4,200 in Galeville). Westvale has the higher median household income ($101,326 vs $68,686 in Galeville). Westvale has the higher median home value ($189,100 vs $127,000 in Galeville).

Population, income & housing

	Galeville	Westvale
Population	4,200	5,293
Median age	52.0 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,686	$101,326
Median home value	$127,000	$189,100
Median gross rent	$966	$2,125
Housing units	2,107	1,983
Homeownership rate	71.2%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galeville	Westvale
Population	4,642 → 4,200 (-9.5%)	5,000 → 5,293 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$57,326 → $68,686 (+19.8%)	$81,906 → $101,326 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $127,000 (+20.8%)	$151,700 → $189,100 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $966 (+18.4%)	$1,185 → $2,125 (+79.3%)

Galeville

Population

4,6424,200

Median household income

$57,326$68,686

Median home value

$105,100$127,000

Median gross rent

$816$966

Westvale

Population

5,0005,293

Median household income

$81,906$101,326

Median home value

$151,700$189,100

Median gross rent

$1,185$2,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galeville	Westvale
Under 5	2.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	20.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	7.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	19.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	16.7%	10.5%
75 and over	8.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galeville	Westvale
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	91.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galeville	Westvale
No high school diploma	9.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	27.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galeville	Westvale
Drove alone	83.0%	77.8%
Carpooled	12.4%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	13.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galeville	Westvale
1-unit, detached	74.2%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.4%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Galeville	Westvale
Poverty rate	7.3%	3.1%
Average household size	2.00	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1956	1955