Galesville vs Whitehall

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

Galesville and Whitehall 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 1,651 in Whitehall). Galesville has the higher median household income ($69,007 vs $59,321 in Whitehall). Galesville has the higher median home value ($219,100 vs $136,900 in Whitehall).

Population, income & housing

	Galesville	Whitehall
Population	1,740	1,651
Median age	32.5 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,007	$59,321
Median home value	$219,100	$136,900
Median gross rent	$959	$750
Housing units	770	803
Homeownership rate	51.7%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galesville	Whitehall
Population	1,698 → 1,740 (+2.5%)	1,593 → 1,651 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$54,625 → $69,007 (+26.3%)	$43,967 → $59,321 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$143,500 → $219,100 (+52.7%)	$120,600 → $136,900 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $959 (+32.8%)	$692 → $750 (+8.4%)

Galesville

Population

1,6981,740

Median household income

$54,625$69,007

Median home value

$143,500$219,100

Median gross rent

$722$959

Whitehall

Population

1,5931,651

Median household income

$43,967$59,321

Median home value

$120,600$136,900

Median gross rent

$692$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galesville	Whitehall
Under 5	7.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.8%	23.9%
18 to 24	12.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	7.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.7%
75 and over	7.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galesville	Whitehall
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	75.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galesville	Whitehall
No high school diploma	3.2%	11.7%
High school graduate	30.9%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galesville	Whitehall
Drove alone	78.2%	80.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	7.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galesville	Whitehall
1-unit, detached	54.8%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	25.5%	24.9%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Galesville	Whitehall
Poverty rate	10.3%	9.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1967	1973