What is the population of Galveston town?

Galveston town has 1,326 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #299 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Galveston town?

Median household income in Galveston town is $56,969 a year, 27.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Galveston town?

Median gross rent is $639 a month and the median home value is $121,200, so rent absorbs about 13.5% of median household income.

Is Galveston town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Galveston town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Galveston, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Galveston, Indiana (Galveston, IN — Census place “Galveston town”) is 1,326 residents, ranking #299 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $56,969, the median home is worth $121,200 and median gross rent runs $639 a month. Looking for the Galveston Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Galveston, IN: 46932.

Population: 1,326Galveston town residents
Median household income: $56,969Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $121,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $639Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 49.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66%Owner-occupied households

Galveston ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Galveston.

The Galveston IN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

46932

What the numbers mean in Galveston town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Galveston town median would spend about 13.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.6% of residents and 66% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Galveston town, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Galveston town is a small town in Indiana, with 1,326 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #299 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 69% of them. The median age here is 49.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Galveston town earn a median of $56,969 a year, 27.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 7% below the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 10.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Galveston town is valued at $121,200, 60.1% below the national figure and 17% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $639 a month, 54.6% below the national figure, or roughly $7,668 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 66% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Galveston town?: Galveston town has 1,326 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #299 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Galveston town?: Median household income in Galveston town is $56,969 a year, 27.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Galveston town?: Median gross rent is $639 a month and the median home value is $121,200, so rent absorbs about 13.5% of median household income.
Is Galveston town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Galveston town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Galveston town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.