Galena Park vs Jersey Village

A side-by-side comparison of Galena Park and Jersey Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Galena Park and Jersey Village are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Galena Park has the higher population (10,527 vs 7,817 in Jersey Village). Jersey Village has the higher median household income ($93,983 vs $54,167 in Galena Park). Jersey Village has the higher median home value ($326,700 vs $116,400 in Galena Park).

Population, income & housing

	Galena Park	Jersey Village
Population	10,527	7,817
Median age	32.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,167	$93,983
Median home value	$116,400	$326,700
Median gross rent	$1,108	$1,404
Housing units	3,292	3,658
Homeownership rate	70.1%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	52.2%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galena Park	Jersey Village
Population	10,983 → 10,527 (-4.2%)	7,933 → 7,817 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$48,533 → $54,167 (+11.6%)	$72,852 → $93,983 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$80,700 → $116,400 (+44.2%)	$285,700 → $326,700 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,108 (+14.5%)	$1,095 → $1,404 (+28.2%)

Galena Park

Population

10,98310,527

Median household income

$48,533$54,167

Median home value

$80,700$116,400

Median gross rent

$968$1,108

Jersey Village

Population

7,9337,817

Median household income

$72,852$93,983

Median home value

$285,700$326,700

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galena Park	Jersey Village
Under 5	7.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	24.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.7%	10.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.5%
75 and over	1.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galena Park	Jersey Village
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	55.2%
Black or African American	4.6%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	90.8%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galena Park	Jersey Village
No high school diploma	32.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	39.3%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galena Park	Jersey Village
Drove alone	70.5%	72.7%
Carpooled	19.8%	9.2%
Public transit	1.8%	0.7%
Walked	1.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galena Park	Jersey Village
1-unit, detached	86.5%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	22.6%
20 or more units	0.9%	22.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Galena Park	Jersey Village
Poverty rate	23.8%	5.1%
Average household size	3.40	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1956	1991