Galena vs Shawnee Hills

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

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

Galena has the higher population (1,427 vs 884 in Shawnee Hills). Galena has the higher median household income ($131,324 vs $104,583 in Shawnee Hills). Shawnee Hills has the higher median home value ($427,200 vs $422,400 in Galena).

Population, income & housing

	Galena	Shawnee Hills
Population	1,427	884
Median age	35.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$131,324	$104,583
Median home value	$422,400	$427,200
Median gross rent	$1,240	$1,467
Housing units	438	356
Homeownership rate	87.2%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.5%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galena	Shawnee Hills
Population	612 → 1,427 (+133.2%)	895 → 884 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$93,750 → $131,324 (+40.1%)	$127,813 → $104,583 (-18.2%)
Median home value	$287,500 → $422,400 (+46.9%)	$318,800 → $427,200 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,361 → $1,240 (-8.9%)	$1,225 → $1,467 (+19.8%)

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

Shawnee Hills

Population

895884

Median household income

$127,813$104,583

Median home value

$318,800$427,200

Median gross rent

$1,225$1,467

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galena	Shawnee Hills
Under 5	7.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.4%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.0%
35 to 44	15.4%	19.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.2%
75 and over	2.4%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galena	Shawnee Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	90.0%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galena	Shawnee Hills
No high school diploma	2.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	22.5%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	41.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galena	Shawnee Hills
Drove alone	64.9%	73.5%
Carpooled	13.1%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	21.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galena	Shawnee Hills
1-unit, detached	99.3%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Galena	Shawnee Hills
Poverty rate	7.4%	5.4%
Average household size	3.32	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	2004	1983