Gallipolis vs Rio Grande

A side-by-side comparison of Gallipolis and Rio Grande: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gallipolis has the higher population (3,352 vs 808 in Rio Grande). Gallipolis has the higher median household income ($50,631 vs $40,721 in Rio Grande). Rio Grande has the higher median home value ($181,600 vs $119,800 in Gallipolis).

Population, income & housing

	Gallipolis	Rio Grande
Population	3,352	808
Median age	36.0 yrs	21.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,631	$40,721
Median home value	$119,800	$181,600
Median gross rent	$798	$514
Housing units	1,819	283
Homeownership rate	49.4%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallipolis	Rio Grande
Population	3,710 → 3,352 (-9.6%)	896 → 808 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$36,719 → $50,631 (+37.9%)	$31,786 → $40,721 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$118,200 → $119,800 (+1.4%)	$155,100 → $181,600 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $798 (+18.8%)	$650 → $514 (-20.9%)

Gallipolis

Population

3,7103,352

Median household income

$36,719$50,631

Median home value

$118,200$119,800

Median gross rent

$672$798

Rio Grande

Population

896808

Median household income

$31,786$40,721

Median home value

$155,100$181,600

Median gross rent

$650$514

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gallipolis	Rio Grande
Under 5	11.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	11.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	40.6%
25 to 34	18.3%	8.8%
35 to 44	7.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	5.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	5.2%
65 to 74	13.4%	4.2%
75 and over	9.7%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallipolis	Rio Grande
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	88.7%
Black or African American	6.5%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallipolis	Rio Grande
No high school diploma	17.9%	20.9%
High school graduate	33.6%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallipolis	Rio Grande
Drove alone	68.7%	79.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	1.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	14.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	4.7%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallipolis	Rio Grande
1-unit, detached	79.5%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	35.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Gallipolis	Rio Grande
Poverty rate	19.3%	39.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1956	1980