Arcadia vs Galesville

A side-by-side comparison of Arcadia and Galesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Arcadia and Galesville are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arcadia has the higher population (3,720 vs 1,740 in Galesville). Galesville has the higher median household income ($69,007 vs $65,275 in Arcadia). Galesville has the higher median home value ($219,100 vs $156,400 in Arcadia).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Galesville
Population	3,720	1,740
Median age	27.3 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,275	$69,007
Median home value	$156,400	$219,100
Median gross rent	$947	$959
Housing units	1,260	770
Homeownership rate	54.0%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Galesville
Population	3,031 → 3,720 (+22.7%)	1,698 → 1,740 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$48,456 → $65,275 (+34.7%)	$54,625 → $69,007 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $156,400 (+30.2%)	$143,500 → $219,100 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $947 (+20.0%)	$722 → $959 (+32.8%)

Arcadia

Population

3,0313,720

Median household income

$48,456$65,275

Median home value

$120,100$156,400

Median gross rent

$789$947

Galesville

Population

1,6981,740

Median household income

$54,625$69,007

Median home value

$143,500$219,100

Median gross rent

$722$959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Galesville
Under 5	15.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	25.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	12.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	7.1%
55 to 64	10.6%	8.9%
65 to 74	2.8%	7.5%
75 and over	5.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Galesville
White (non-Hispanic)	38.1%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	61.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Galesville
No high school diploma	25.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	41.5%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Galesville
Drove alone	74.5%	78.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.2%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Galesville
1-unit, detached	61.0%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	27.1%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	25.5%
20 or more units	6.2%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Galesville
Poverty rate	9.4%	10.3%
Average household size	2.93	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1974	1967