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Galena, IL

2,931 Population
4.6 square miles 634.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jo Daviess County: 51.5 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$45,295 ±$6,024 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Jo Daviess County: $44,251 ±$2,263
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$58,689 ±$16,492 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jo Daviess County: $73,993 ±$4,296
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

6.4% ±4.1% (185  ±119) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jo Daviess County: 7.8% † 1,695 (±1.1% / ±229)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

14.5 minutes ±2.6 (19,315  ±5,341) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jo Daviess County: 22.1 200,375 (±1.4 / ±15,355)
  • about half the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

1,717 ±198 Number of households
  • Jo Daviess County: 10,391 ±280
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
1.7 ±0.3 (2,846  ±307) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jo Daviess County: 2.1 21,594 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

17.6% ±18.3% (73  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Jo Daviess County: 5.9% † 210 (±2.7% / ±98)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

2,057 ±251 Number of housing units
  • Jo Daviess County: 13,440 ±38
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$233,200 ±$28,755 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jo Daviess County: $209,900 ±$10,953
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

8.1% ±6.7% (235  ±196.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jo Daviess County: 10.7% † 2,325 (±2.1% / ±446.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

95.7% ±12.9% (2,245  ±400.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jo Daviess County: 93.2% 15,470 (±4% / ±659.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
36.3% ±9.3% (852  ±240.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jo Daviess County: 28.9% 4,801 (±2.4% / ±399.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.3% ±1.7% (68  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jo Daviess County: 1.9% 418
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

7.7% ±4.6% (206  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Jo Daviess County: 7.3% † 1,305 (±1.1% / ±200)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
206 Total veterans ±123 206 Male ±123 N/A Female ±13

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