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East Galesburg village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
East Galesburg village is a Census village of 713 people across 1.37 square miles of land, in Knox County. Median household income is $79,333, 83.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $75,000.
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East Galesburg
What East Galesburg is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area1.37 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land522
- County holding the largest share of its areaKnox County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Galesburg
How many people live in East Galesburg
- Population713
- Median age50.3
- Population under 18107 plus or minus 44
- Share under 1815.0 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Population 65 and over211
- Share 65 and over29.6 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Households318
- Family households211 plus or minus 48
- Share of households that are families66.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Galesburg
Income and work in East Galesburg
- Median household income$79,333
- Per capita income$46,870 plus or minus $9,938
- Civilian labor force365 plus or minus 76
- Employed348 plus or minus 70
- Unemployed17 plus or minus 14
- Unemployment rate4.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over532
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.5 percent plus or minus 19.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.5 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Galesburg
Housing in East Galesburg
- Housing units343
- Occupied units318
- Vacant units25 plus or minus 21
- Vacancy rate7.3 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Owner occupied266
- Renter occupied52 plus or minus 36
- Ownership rate83.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$123,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,046 plus or minus $220
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.8 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Single family units321
- Share single family93.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more15 plus or minus 19
- Share in buildings of two or more4.4 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Mobile homes7 plus or minus 8
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Galesburg
How East Galesburg gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute342 plus or minus 71
- Commuting under 15 minutes173 plus or minus 59
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.6 percent plus or minus 13.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more58 plus or minus 27
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.0 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Drove alone81.8 percent
- Carpooled9.1 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.8 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Worked from home2.6 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Galesburg
SBA loans in East Galesburg (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$75,000
- Average approval$75,000
- Median approval$75,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$75,000
- Largest approval$75,000
- Jobs supported12
- Jobs per approval12.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
East Galesburg
Flood risk in East Galesburg
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number171194
- Currently effective map date(NSFHA)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Knox County, not East Galesburg
Knox County context, not East Galesburg figures
These are Knox County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as East Galesburg measurements.
- Establishments in Knox County968
- Employment at those establishments, Knox County14,242
- Covered employment, Knox County17,106
- Average annual pay, Knox County$46,491
- Average weekly wage, Knox County$894
- Housing units permitted, Knox County2
- Of those, single family, Knox County2
- County product, 2024, Knox County$2,448,651,000
- County product change over the prior year, Knox County5.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Knox County$49,035
Every figure in this section is published for Knox County as a whole and is not a measurement of East Galesburg. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
East Galesburg questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in East Galesburg, Illinois?
713, in 318 households. East Galesburg village covers 1.37 square miles of land, which is 522 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is East Galesburg in?
Knox County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in East Galesburg?
$79,333. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $123,700. Median gross rent is $1,046 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to East Galesburg businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $75,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $75,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in East Galesburg, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to East Galesburg borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for East Galesburg. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is East Galesburg in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. East Galesburg appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 171194, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page East Galesburg figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Knox County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of East Galesburg.
Is zoning published for East Galesburg?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.