Delaware vs Galena

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

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

Delaware has the higher population (43,168 vs 1,427 in Galena). Galena has the higher median household income ($131,324 vs $92,928 in Delaware). Galena has the higher median home value ($422,400 vs $279,400 in Delaware).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware	Galena
Population	43,168	1,427
Median age	36.3 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,928	$131,324
Median home value	$279,400	$422,400
Median gross rent	$1,203	$1,240
Housing units	17,347	438
Homeownership rate	62.0%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	50.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware	Galena
Population	40,568 → 43,168 (+6.4%)	612 → 1,427 (+133.2%)
Median household income	$69,087 → $92,928 (+34.5%)	$93,750 → $131,324 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$186,900 → $279,400 (+49.5%)	$287,500 → $422,400 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $1,203 (+29.2%)	$1,361 → $1,240 (-8.9%)

Delaware

Population

40,56843,168

Median household income

$69,087$92,928

Median home value

$186,900$279,400

Median gross rent

$931$1,203

Galena

Population

6121,427

Median household income

$93,750$131,324

Median home value

$287,500$422,400

Median gross rent

$1,361$1,240

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delaware	Galena
Under 5	6.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.9%
75 and over	5.7%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware	Galena
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	86.6%
Black or African American	4.6%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	5.7%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware	Galena
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	24.4%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware	Galena
Drove alone	73.4%	64.9%
Carpooled	6.8%	13.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	18.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware	Galena
1-unit, detached	61.4%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delaware	Galena
Poverty rate	8.7%	7.4%
Average household size	2.53	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1993	2004