East Rochester vs New Galilee

A side-by-side comparison of East Rochester and New Galilee: population, income, housing, and more.

East Rochester and New Galilee are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Rochester has the higher population (583 vs 352 in New Galilee). New Galilee has the higher median household income ($49,583 vs $42,569 in East Rochester). East Rochester has the higher median home value ($112,100 vs $107,400 in New Galilee).

Population, income & housing

	East Rochester	New Galilee
Population	583	352
Median age	43.5 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,569	$49,583
Median home value	$112,100	$107,400
Median gross rent	$818	$550
Housing units	302	175
Homeownership rate	41.3%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Rochester	New Galilee
Population	472 → 583 (+23.5%)	324 → 352 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$42,969 → $42,569 (-0.9%)	$43,750 → $49,583 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $112,100 (+26.2%)	$85,300 → $107,400 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $818 (+26.4%)	$575 → $550 (-4.3%)

East Rochester

Population

472583

Median household income

$42,969$42,569

Median home value

$88,800$112,100

Median gross rent

$647$818

New Galilee

Population

324352

Median household income

$43,750$49,583

Median home value

$85,300$107,400

Median gross rent

$575$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Rochester	New Galilee
Under 5	9.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	0.9%
25 to 34	16.1%	20.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.2%
75 and over	7.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Rochester	New Galilee
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	94.3%
Black or African American	16.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Rochester	New Galilee
No high school diploma	6.2%	15.2%
High school graduate	44.3%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Rochester	New Galilee
Drove alone	74.8%	75.6%
Carpooled	0.7%	4.4%
Public transit	2.9%	0.7%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	14.1%
Other means	1.1%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Rochester	New Galilee
1-unit, detached	43.7%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	18.5%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	25.2%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	East Rochester	New Galilee
Poverty rate	13.2%	9.1%
Average household size	1.99	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1948	1943