Galion vs New Washington

A side-by-side comparison of Galion and New Washington: population, income, housing, and more.

Galion and New Washington are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Galion has the higher population (10,358 vs 877 in New Washington). New Washington has the higher median household income ($62,292 vs $45,377 in Galion). New Washington has the higher median home value ($110,000 vs $100,900 in Galion).

Population, income & housing

	Galion	New Washington
Population	10,358	877
Median age	43.0 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,377	$62,292
Median home value	$100,900	$110,000
Median gross rent	$741	$910
Housing units	5,285	404
Homeownership rate	54.6%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galion	New Washington
Population	10,074 → 10,358 (+2.8%)	1,000 → 877 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$35,738 → $45,377 (+27.0%)	$58,269 → $62,292 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $100,900 (+41.3%)	$91,100 → $110,000 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $741 (+22.7%)	$739 → $910 (+23.1%)

Galion

Population

10,07410,358

Median household income

$35,738$45,377

Median home value

$71,400$100,900

Median gross rent

$604$741

New Washington

Population

1,000877

Median household income

$58,269$62,292

Median home value

$91,100$110,000

Median gross rent

$739$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galion	New Washington
Under 5	5.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	22.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	20.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	6.6%
75 and over	6.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galion	New Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galion	New Washington
No high school diploma	12.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	43.0%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galion	New Washington
Drove alone	80.4%	82.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	8.4%	2.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galion	New Washington
1-unit, detached	68.9%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Galion	New Washington
Poverty rate	19.5%	4.4%
Average household size	2.20	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1955	1943