Census-designated place · Floyd County, Indiana

Galena, Indiana

Galena is a census-designated place in Floyd County, Indiana, part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area. It has 1,549 residents. Galena, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 60 out of 100 (high), ranking #6,218 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #61 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on drought exposure (low), uninsured residents (under 65) (low) and poverty rate (low). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and distance to an Amtrak station (high).

60High

Quality-of-life score: #6,218 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #61 of 353 in IN
Population: 1,549 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 579.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 1826206

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety44#8,702/15,637
Economy80#3,067/15,631
Housing—
Health46#8,491/15,609
Healthcare78#3,466/15,650
Environment12#13,560/15,453
Education73#4,220/15,649
Infrastructure80#3,056/15,650
Community59#6,343/15,651
Leisure & amenities23#12,110/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Galena, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Floyd County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Indiana 19%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAFloyd County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.4%
98/100Indiana 9.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Poverty rate · low1.8%
97/100Indiana 12.1%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Lack of reliable transportation · low5.0%
94/100Indiana 8.1%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Indiana 7.8United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationFloyd County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.343
90/100Indiana 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low22.3%
4/100Indiana 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationFloyd County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low2.1 /10k
12/100Indiana 3.8 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFloyd County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high90 mi
12/100Indiana 29 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauFloyd County value
Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
13/100Indiana 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFloyd County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.0 µg/m³
14/100Indiana 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyFloyd County value
Suicide rate · high21.0 /100k
18/100Indiana 16.1 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFloyd County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,780 (2015-2019) → 1,549 (2020-2024)
−13%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.9% (2015-2019) → 97.2% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$77,400 (2015-2019) → $127,738 (2020-2024)
+65%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
7.2% (2015-2019) → 0.4% (2020-2024)
−6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Average commute timeWorsening
21.8 min (2015-2019) → 27.7 min (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
26.9% (2015-2019) → 32.3% (2020-2024)
+5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Galena, Indiana improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Household income+65%$77,400 → $127,738
Broadband+20 points76.9% → 97.2%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Galena, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.8 min2015-2019	27.7 min2020-2024	+5.9 min	Within the margin of error	7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%2015-2019	32.3%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Broadband subscriptions	76.9%2015-2019	97.2%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	91%
Child poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Effective property tax rate	0.80%2015-2019	0.68%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
High school diploma or higher	94.6%2015-2019	97.3%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	82%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4532015-2019	0.3432020-2024	−0.109	Within the margin of error	97%
Median household income	$77,4002015-2019	$127,7382020-2024	+65%	Improved	93%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Galena, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Galena, Indiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Galena, Indiana itself moved +15.9 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,549 residents (±343)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

540 households (±106)

Galena, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k1.9%†10
$25k–50k5.6%†30
$50k–75k22%

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

540 households (±106)

Galena, Indiana
Indiana share

Own99%534
Rent1.1%†6

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

706 workers (±175)

Galena, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone76%539
Carpool4.1%†29
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Floyd County, the county holding most of Galena's residents.

Floyd County has 1,926 employer establishments, 238 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248; 1.05× Indiana's), with 30,712 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,369. The Census Bureau also counts 6,135 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,926; 6,135 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 238; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 30,712
Average annual pay: $50,369; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Floyd County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	213	26.4	1.26×More than typical	2,255	$74,758	264
Restaurants and other eating places	147	18.2	0.99×About typical	3,263	$20,163	20
Specialty trade contractors	119	14.7	0.95×About typical	1,951	$63,439	391
Lessors of real estate	102	12.6	1.02×About typical	215	$52,177	758
Construction of buildings	74	9.2	1.21×About typical	592	$59,872	171
Limited-service restaurants	67	8.3	1.03×About typical	1,503	$18,344	12
Religious organizations	66	8.2	1.47×More than typical	633	$26,444	—
Offices of physicians	63	7.8	1.20×About typical	849	$110,457	36
Full-service restaurants	58	7.2	0.93×About typical	1,244	$23,826	3
Offices of other health practitioners	57	7.1	1.16×About typical	351	$52,353	155
Real estate agents and brokers	57	7.1	1.45×More than typical	87	$44,494	163
Offices of dentists	50	6.2	1.54×More than typical	419	$64,375	—

Rank places for an industry Open Floyd County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 80,797 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $69.4K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Galena, Indiana: $44.83 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $69.4K; −75% vs FY2025
Per resident: $44.83; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

National Aeronautics and Space Administration$66.1K95%
Department of Defense Education Activity$3,3254.8%

Top recipients

REDWIRE SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$66.1K95%
100 WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, LLC$3,3254.8%

Spending by fiscal year

260.7KFY2017
236KFY2018
304.5KFY2019
158.1KFY2020
338.6KFY2021
159.7KFY2022
266.6KFY2023
200.6K

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$66.1K95%
Educational support services · 6117$3,3254.8%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Galena, Indiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Galena, Indiana's figures are part of those of Floyd County, IN ($25.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.3% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Galena is mostly in Floyd County.

See federal money in Floyd County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Galena, Indiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Erin HouchinR-IN-9 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Floyd County65100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN53

Other cities and towns in Floyd County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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