Galena is home to 2,754 people in Kansas. At a median age of 46.6, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $78,500. Households here earn about 34% less than in Kansas as a whole. The foreign-born share is 3%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $49,006, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 46.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Galena
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate29.3% → 13.0%(−16.3 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age34.0 → 46.6(+12.6 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Population3,308 → 2,754(−17%)US over the same years: +35%
Galena's population equals 14% of Cherokee County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 38% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 7.7% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)10.1%(13)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)38%(49)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era55%(71)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 129 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Galena, decade by decade
Galena population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,308
$34,875
$48,001
4.9%
14.2
2000
3,287
$46,272
$66,308
5.6%
25.7
2010
3,085
$48,618
$82,718
10.5%
23.8
2020
2,761
$37,148
$70,419
14.3%
35.4
2024
2,754
$49,006
$78,500
19.0%
34.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
