The median home value in Galesburg, IL is $107,348 as of 2026-06-30, up 15.2% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$107,348
Year-over-Year
+15.2%
Population
28,864
Galesburg ranks #274 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 66.3% below the state's city median of $318,423. It sits in Knox County, where the county-wide median is $123,085.
Galesburg police recorded a violent crime rate of 513 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,966 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Galesburg is $107,348. That's up 15.2% from a year earlier. That is about 66.3% below the typical county in Illinois.
Homes in Galesburg are cheaper than Knox County as a whole, where the median is $123,085 — a difference of about 12.8%.
Galesburg police reported 513 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 28,864. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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