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1,062 people live in this town, settled in 1924.
The best of Galesville’s subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A− for health; the weakest is a D for walkability. Galesville’s median household income is $205,000, against $113,000 in Maryland’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. On walkability, just 9 of Maryland’s 328 towns do worse. Galesville has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Tulip Hill and Cedar Park. Galesville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Galesville is from typical.
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Where Galesville beats most towns.
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1968 and 6 maps from 1892 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 places in Galesville on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Ordered by what stands out in Galesville.
The share of households in Galesville who own their home: 97%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools: the Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Galesville’s public school: 58 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrie Weedon Early Education CenterLargest public school before high schoolGrades PK | Grades PK | 58 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
40% of Galesville’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by drought at 15%. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage locally than in 99% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Galesville once, in 2003.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Among adults in Galesville, 33% have obesity. Of 32 CDC measures, Galesville beats the Maryland average on 12 and trails it on 4. In Galesville, 40% of adults have high blood pressure, and 82% had a checkup this year.
| Galesville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 79% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 33% |
| What stands out | Galesville | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.3% | 13.5% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.7% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.4% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expect July afternoons of 88° and January nights of 28°, with about 16 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The top destinations are Annapolis (8%), Parole (8%) and Washington (7%). The mean commuting time for Galesville comes to 36 minutes. Half of commuters travel less than 20 miles. For residents locally, the share who live below the poverty line is 2.7%.
| Galesville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.7% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 3.1% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Galesville, the trail network density is 0.1 miles per square mile. 0.2 miles of trail wind through 4 parks and preserves.
| Galesville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.2% | 9.5% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wilson Park | — | 12 |
| 2. Galesville Park | — | 7 |
| 3. Galesville Wharf | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Galesville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw26 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw28 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw27 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw26 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaNorthwest StadiumWhite House: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Washington Monument: Oren Rozen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Arlington National Cemetery: Protoant, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Northwest Stadium: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0
Galesville is unincorporated, so Anne Arundel County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.
4 within 15 miles of the center of Galesville
College town 19 of every 100 Galesville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Galesville is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 685. Galesville is located at 38°50'35" north, 76°32'37" west (38.8431707 -76.5435702), along the western shore of the West River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. By road it is approximately 14 miles (23 km) south of Annapolis, the state capital.
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That is 6.8 years of the area's median household income ($99,470 across the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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