Galesburg vs Portland

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

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

Portland has the higher population (548 vs 57 in Galesburg). Portland has the higher median household income ($100,714 vs $89,167 in Galesburg). Portland has the higher median home value ($204,500 vs $154,500 in Galesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Galesburg	Portland
Population	57	548
Median age	58.4 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,167	$100,714
Median home value	$154,500	$204,500
Median gross rent	—	$506
Housing units	55	256
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galesburg	Portland
Population	136 → 57 (-58.1%)	633 → 548 (-13.4%)
Median household income	$56,827 → $89,167 (+56.9%)	$58,333 → $100,714 (+72.7%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $154,500 (+106.0%)	$136,300 → $204,500 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$339 → $375 (+10.6%)	$445 → $506 (+13.7%)

Galesburg

Population

13657

Median household income

$56,827$89,167

Median home value

$75,000$154,500

Median gross rent

$339$375

Portland

Population

633548

Median household income

$58,333$100,714

Median home value

$136,300$204,500

Median gross rent

$445$506

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galesburg	Portland
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	5.8%
35 to 44	28.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	5.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	21.1%	24.6%
65 to 74	29.8%	13.1%
75 and over	7.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galesburg	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galesburg	Portland
No high school diploma	1.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	26.3%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	50.9%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galesburg	Portland
Drove alone	100.0%	91.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galesburg	Portland
1-unit, detached	80.0%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	20.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Galesburg	Portland
Poverty rate	1.8%	2.4%
Average household size	1.58	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	34	13
Median year structure built	1962	1972