Galesville vs Osseo

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

Galesville and Osseo 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 1,736 in Osseo). Galesville has the higher median household income ($69,007 vs $64,886 in Osseo). Galesville has the higher median home value ($219,100 vs $174,000 in Osseo).

Population, income & housing

	Galesville	Osseo
Population	1,740	1,736
Median age	32.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,007	$64,886
Median home value	$219,100	$174,000
Median gross rent	$959	$827
Housing units	770	810
Homeownership rate	51.7%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galesville	Osseo
Population	1,698 → 1,740 (+2.5%)	1,719 → 1,736 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$54,625 → $69,007 (+26.3%)	$60,750 → $64,886 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$143,500 → $219,100 (+52.7%)	$124,200 → $174,000 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $959 (+32.8%)	$680 → $827 (+21.6%)

Galesville

Population

1,6981,740

Median household income

$54,625$69,007

Median home value

$143,500$219,100

Median gross rent

$722$959

Osseo

Population

1,7191,736

Median household income

$60,750$64,886

Median home value

$124,200$174,000

Median gross rent

$680$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galesville	Osseo
Under 5	7.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	19.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	12.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.9%
75 and over	7.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galesville	Osseo
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galesville	Osseo
No high school diploma	3.2%	8.5%
High school graduate	30.9%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galesville	Osseo
Drove alone	78.2%	76.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	6.4%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galesville	Osseo
1-unit, detached	54.8%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	25.5%	5.2%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Galesville	Osseo
Poverty rate	10.3%	8.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1967	1974