Blair vs Galesville

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

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

Galesville has the higher population (1,740 vs 1,169 in Blair). Galesville has the higher median household income ($69,007 vs $65,667 in Blair). Galesville has the higher median home value ($219,100 vs $132,500 in Blair).

Population, income & housing

	Blair	Galesville
Population	1,169	1,740
Median age	40.9 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,667	$69,007
Median home value	$132,500	$219,100
Median gross rent	$797	$959
Housing units	602	770
Homeownership rate	67.1%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blair	Galesville
Population	1,317 → 1,169 (-11.2%)	1,698 → 1,740 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$51,000 → $65,667 (+28.8%)	$54,625 → $69,007 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $132,500 (+34.1%)	$143,500 → $219,100 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $797 (+13.2%)	$722 → $959 (+32.8%)

Blair

Population

1,3171,169

Median household income

$51,000$65,667

Median home value

$98,800$132,500

Median gross rent

$704$797

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)

	Blair	Galesville
Under 5	6.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	12.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	7.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	8.9%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.5%
75 and over	12.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blair	Galesville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	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	2.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blair	Galesville
No high school diploma	9.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	38.4%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blair	Galesville
Drove alone	85.7%	78.2%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.9%	11.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blair	Galesville
1-unit, detached	68.9%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	25.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Blair	Galesville
Poverty rate	7.9%	10.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1966	1967