Galesville vs Independence

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

Galesville and Independence 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 1,477 in Independence). Galesville has the higher median household income ($69,007 vs $54,967 in Independence). Galesville has the higher median home value ($219,100 vs $152,600 in Independence).

Population, income & housing

	Galesville	Independence
Population	1,740	1,477
Median age	32.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,007	$54,967
Median home value	$219,100	$152,600
Median gross rent	$959	$856
Housing units	770	682
Homeownership rate	51.7%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galesville	Independence
Population	1,698 → 1,740 (+2.5%)	1,439 → 1,477 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$54,625 → $69,007 (+26.3%)	$49,821 → $54,967 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$143,500 → $219,100 (+52.7%)	$127,700 → $152,600 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $959 (+32.8%)	$679 → $856 (+26.1%)

Galesville

Population

1,6981,740

Median household income

$54,625$69,007

Median home value

$143,500$219,100

Median gross rent

$722$959

Independence

Population

1,4391,477

Median household income

$49,821$54,967

Median home value

$127,700$152,600

Median gross rent

$679$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galesville	Independence
Under 5	7.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.8%	20.5%
18 to 24	12.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	7.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.7%
75 and over	7.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galesville	Independence
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	61.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	30.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galesville	Independence
No high school diploma	3.2%	10.0%
High school graduate	30.9%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galesville	Independence
Drove alone	78.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	1.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galesville	Independence
1-unit, detached	54.8%	52.9%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	25.5%	20.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Galesville	Independence
Poverty rate	10.3%	12.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1967	1973