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SheetIL-THE-GALENA-TERRITORY-IL · The Galena Territory, IL 1,644 pop · income 84th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around The Galena Territory
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest The Galena Territory on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Haskell · lowest
34,276
Haskell · lowest
34,276 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #1
Holladay · near
112,369
Holladay · near
112,369 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #2
McKinley · near
112,375
McKinley · near
112,375 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #3
Barneveld · near
112,375
Barneveld · near
112,375 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #4
Swansboro · near
112,382
Swansboro · near
112,382 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #5
The Galena Te… · this city
112,386
The Galena Te… · this city
112,386 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #6
Shenorock · highest
131,250
Shenorock · highest
131,250 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for The Galena Territory on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,644.
The Galena Territory ranks in the 84th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
84th
percentile, household income
67th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: The Galena Territory, IL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,644 residents in The Galena Territory, a small town within Illinois. Median household income here is $112,386 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.3%. Home values in The Galena Territory run a median of $311,000, and the median resident age is 63.6 years. 59.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 45.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Illinois tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Illinois at 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,063 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $240 across Illinois, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of The Galena Territory's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For The Galena Territory, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in The Galena Territory?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for The Galena Territory?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are North Pekin (1,647 residents, $79,730 income); Manito (1,640 residents, $67,772 income); Erie (1,658 residents, $86,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Forest Heights, TX (1,644 residents); Gibbon, NE (1,643 residents); Shenorock, NY (1,643 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in The Galena Territory?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 56.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
B+
City profile score · The Galena Territory, IL
75/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
1.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
59.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A-
$112,386
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
The Galena Territory profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 91/100 (A+) · 1.3%
Bachelor's+ share: 91/100 (A+) · 59.4%
Household income: 82/100 (A-) · $112,386
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
How does The Galena Territory compare to other US cities?
Where The Galena Territory sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income84% higher than other cities
Home value67% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares The Galena Territory against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Illinois only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Illinois-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places The Galena Territory near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, The Galena Territory ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares The Galena Territory only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#139 of 1,311
89th percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#141 of 1,315
89th percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#1,184 of 1,335
11th percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#67 of 1,336
95th percentile in Illinois
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Illinois only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
84th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How The Galena Territory's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$311,00033rd percentilemore affordable than 33% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
The Galena Territory's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,396 of 15,516
More affordable than 65% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,701 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.8×, The Galena Territory sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,396 of 15,516 and #4,701 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$112,386The Galena Territory, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context The Galena Territory, IL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for The Galena Territory, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)59.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)45.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,644
Median Income
$112,386
Median Home Value
$311,000
Median Age
63.6
Poverty Rate
1.3%
Labor force participation
45.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
59.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
56.9%
Carpool
6.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.4%
Work from Home
35.9%
Based on 668 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Illinois statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $240
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Illinois at $240 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Illinois statewide averages, not a meter reading for The Galena Territory. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Illinois's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around The Galena Territory is $1,063/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Illinois statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Illinois statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county The Galena Territory sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How The Galena Territory compares to similar-size Illinois cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.