Galloway vs Philippi

A side-by-side comparison of Galloway and Philippi: population, income, housing, and more.

Galloway and Philippi are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Philippi has the higher population (2,919 vs 135 in Galloway). Galloway has the higher median household income ($60,486 vs $43,203 in Philippi). Since 2019, Galloway's population has grown faster (+21.6% vs -13.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Galloway	Philippi
Population	135	2,919
Median age	27.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,486	$43,203
Median home value	—	$110,900
Median gross rent	—	$780
Housing units	79	1,352
Homeownership rate	37.9%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galloway	Philippi
Population	111 → 135 (+21.6%)	3,366 → 2,919 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$50,167 → $60,486 (+20.6%)	$30,966 → $43,203 (+39.5%)
Median home value	—	$101,600 → $110,900 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$552 → $780 (+41.3%)

Galloway

Population

111135

Median household income

$50,167$60,486

Philippi

Population

3,3662,919

Median household income

$30,966$43,203

Median home value

$101,600$110,900

Median gross rent

$552$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galloway	Philippi
Under 5	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	27.4%	13.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	19.5%
25 to 34	42.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	8.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.7%
75 and over	5.9%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galloway	Philippi
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galloway	Philippi
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	35.7%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	64.3%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galloway	Philippi
Drove alone	63.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	36.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galloway	Philippi
1-unit, detached	100.0%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Galloway	Philippi
Poverty rate	54.1%	29.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1948	1959