Galva, Illinois.
Typical home $113,115 (+2.3% in a year). Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$283 (+91%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,553 +2%
- $110,562$113,115 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $17,418 +18%
- $95,697$113,115 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Galva$594
- Illinois$1,553
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.
Typical home values in Galva, IL rose 2.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Galva, Henry County, Illinois
Galva is a city of 2,470 people in Henry County. Half its households earn more than $52,470 a year and half less, against $71,911 across Henry County; 19% of its people live below the poverty line. 78% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 22% are rented. Unemployment in Henry County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Galva is a small city in Henry County, Illinois, where most homes are lived in by their owners, a higher share than in many places. Incomes run well below the county's, and a good many residents live below the poverty line. Homes here are modest in price, and few adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and the building trades close behind. Among the largest workplaces in Galva are Dixline, which makes metal door opening and closing devices, Big River Resources Galva, which makes denatured alcohol, and the Galva school district. Unemployment across Henry County is lower than it was a year ago, and the county has added jobs. Commutes are fairly short, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Galva Opera House, a theatre, is in or beside town. A short drive away are the museums at Bishop Hill State Historic Site and the Ryan Round Barn. Winters are cold, with the coldest weather in January, and summers turn warm in July, so the Spoon River, a longer drive away, suits the milder months.
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- 1,029households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 19%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Henry County had 13,972 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 13°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 63°. About 39 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Galva weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Galva
- DixlineDoor opening and closing devices, metal, manufacturing64
- Big River Resources GalvaDenatured alcohol manufacturing62
- Galva CUSD 224School district52FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 126 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windVery high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Galva’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Henry County and the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro.
Galva home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Galva$113,115
- Illinois$295,943
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Galva12
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Galva5
Zip codes with a Galva address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Galva — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.