Galax city, Virginia (VA)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 835
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 1,949
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,117 (it was 1,001 in 2000)
| % of renters here: | 34% |
| State: | 33% |
Land area: 8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 818 people per square mile (very high).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (20.6%), Retail trade (16.2%), Manufacturing (13.9%), Public administration (11.4%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (11.0%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 76%
- Government: 21%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 3%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 4,65469.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1,44321.5%Hispanic or Latino
- 3375.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1952.9%Two or more races
- 300.4%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone - 250.4%Asian alone
- 220.3%Some other race alone
- 160.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
| Median resident age: | 42.9 years |
| Virginia median age: | 39.0 years |
| Males: 2,996 |  (44.5%) |
| Females: 3,736 |  (55.5%) |
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| Galax city: | 2.0 people |
| Virginia: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $43,908 ($28,236 in 1999)
| This county: | $43,908 |
| Virginia: | $85,873 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $515 (lower quartile is $403, upper quartile is $620)
| This county: | $515 |
| State: | $1270 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $117,631 (it was $62,900 in 2000)
| Galax city: | $117,631 |
| Virginia: | $365,700 |
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,019
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $328
Institutionalized population: 280
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $900 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $804 (0.8%)
| Galax city: | 23.7% |
| Virginia: | 10.6% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 42.9 years old
(Males: 43.1 years old, Females: 42.3 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 47.9 years old, Black residents: 51.8 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 19.8 years old, Other race residents: 25.3 years old)
Area name: Carroll County-Galax city, VA HUD Nonmetro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Galax city is $436 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $483 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $579 a month.
Cities in this county include: Galax.
Neighboring counties: Beaver County, Oklahoma 
, Barren County, Kentucky , Houston County, Tennessee , McDonald County, Missouri , Morgan County, Tennessee , Weakley County, Tennessee , Danville city 
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| Here: | 3.4% |
| Virginia: | 2.7% |
Current college students: 195
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 527 (42.1% naturalized citizens)
| Galax city: | 7.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.7% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 02010 or later
- 852000 to 2009
- 3511990 to 1999
- 1521980 to 1989
- 551970 to 1979
- 28Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 96.4%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,415
- One, attached: 25
- Two: 147
- 3 or 4: 107
- 5 to 9: 36
- 10 to 19: 143
- 20 to 49: 63
- 50 or more: 9
- Mobile homes: 254
Housing units in Galax city with a mortgage: 1,176 (105 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 99 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 18
| Here: | 5.3% with mortgage |
| State: | 97.2% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Galax city
| Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
|---|---|---|
| Evangelical Protestant | 3,229 | 16 |
| Mainline Protestant | 2,180 | 12 |
| Other | 1 | 1 |
| Black Protestant | - | 1 |
| None | 1,632 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
| Galax city: | 5.90 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 2.03 / 10,000 pop. |
| Here: | 1.48 / 10,000 pop. |
| Virginia: | 0.17 / 10,000 pop. |
| This county: | 1.48 / 10,000 pop. |
| Virginia: | 1.43 / 10,000 pop. |
| Galax city: | 11.81 / 10,000 pop. |
| Virginia: | 4.03 / 10,000 pop. |
| This county: | 20.66 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 7.65 / 10,000 pop. |
| Galax city: | 9.7% |
| Virginia: | 9.3% |
| Galax city: | 26.0% |
| State: | 26.7% |
| Here: | 23.5% |
| State: | 18.6% |
Earthquake activity:
Galax city-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 12% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 16.2 miles away from Galax city center
On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi) earthquake occurred 185.4 miles away from the county center
On 7/27/1980 at 18:52:21, a magnitude 5.2 (5.1 MB, 4.7 MS, 5.0 UK, 5.2 UK) earthquake occurred 197.2 miles away from the county center
On 11/2/2006 at 17:53:02, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 0.6 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 66.5 miles away from the county center
On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB) earthquake occurred 67.5 miles away from Galax city center
On 8/2/1974 at 08:52:09, a magnitude 4.9 (4.3 MB, 4.9 LG) earthquake occurred 212.5 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,303 (81.0%)
- Carpooled: 687 (10.5%)
- Bus: 3 (0.0%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 82 (1.3%)
- Bicycle: 36 (0.5%)
- Walked: 25 (0.4%)
- Worked at home: 167 (2.6%)
- Retail trade (29%)
- Health care and social assistance (21%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Manufacturing (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Retail trade (25%)
- Health care and social assistance (18%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Manufacturing (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Production occupations (18%)
- Management occupations (16%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (13%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (10%)
- Sales and related occupations (9%)
- Community and social service occupations (4%)
- Transportation occupations (3%)
- Sales and related occupations (25%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (13%)
- Management occupations (9%)
- Production occupations (8%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (7%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Mexico (51%)
- Guatemala (12%)
- Peru (10%)
- Honduras (4%)
- Poland (4%)
- Canada (2%)
- India (2%)
- American (36%)
- English (10%)
- German (4%)
- Lithuanian (3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2%)
- Irish (1%)
- Italian (1%)
People in group quarters in Galax city, Virginia in 2010:
- 240 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 85 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 35 people in hospitals with patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 12 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 5 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals and psychiatric units in other hospitals
4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
10.46% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($35,189 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 10.46% |
| Virginia average: | 10.16% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.62% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($25,528 average AGI)
2.84% relocated from other states ($9,661 average AGI)
Galax city: 2.84% Virginia average: 3.91%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
| from Carroll County, VA |  3.79% ($35,696 average AGI) |
| from Grayson County, VA | 2.06% ($27,960) |
10.71% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($38,314 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 10.71% |
| Virginia average: | 10.20% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
8.62% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($27,759 average AGI)
2.09% relocated to other states ($10,559 average AGI)
Galax city: 2.09% Virginia average: 3.98%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
| to Carroll County, VA | 4.31% ($34,286 average AGI) |
| to Grayson County, VA | 2.38% ($35,707) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 17.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 15.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 20.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.2
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 6.4%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 1,915 (1,452 aged, 463 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 105 (6%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Galax city, Virginia in 1999 - 2019:
- Unspecified dementia (106)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (72)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (66)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (51)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (11)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 65,450
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 1,142
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 245,561
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,213
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,273
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 15
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 160
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 150
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 30
Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996: 1
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,732- Male householders: 1,145 (354 living alone), Female householders: 1,547 (608 living alone)
1,137 spouses (1,137 opposite-sex spouses), 56 unmarried partners, (56 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 2,075 children (1,803 natural, 219 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 182 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 90 parents, 32 foster children, 54 other relatives, 54 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 338
Size of family households: 833 2-persons, 304 3-persons, 296 4-persons, 141 5-persons, 45 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 963 1-person, 90 2-persons.
1,067 married couples with children.
349 single-parent households (83 men, 266 women).
83.0% of residents of Galax city speak English at home.
15.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $74,958,000 ($11,260 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,753,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $43,001,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $18,254,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,000
Federal grants: $10,488,000
Federal procurement contracts: $560,000 ($72,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,650,000 ($681,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,455,000
Federal Government insurance: $0,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 543| Here: | 81 per 1000 residents |
| State: | 70 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 545
| Here: | 82 per 1000 residents |
| State: | 40 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +149
| Here: | +22 per 1000 residents |
| State: | +18 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -293
| Here: |  -44 per 1000 residents |
| State: |  +14 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.86 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
| Here: | 6.3 |
| State: | 7.0 |
| Here: | 4.1 |
| State: | 4.3 |
- Year house built in Galax city, Virginia
- 62020 or later
- 512010 to 2019
- 2732000 to 2009
- 2511990 to 1999
- 2471980 to 1989
- 7001970 to 1979
- 4841960 to 1969
- 4171950 to 1959
- 2691940 to 1949
- 4221939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Galax city, Virginia
- 01 room
- 02 rooms
- 173 rooms
- 2214 rooms
- 4375 rooms
- 3646 rooms
- 4107 rooms
- 2178 rooms
- 2429+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Galax city, Virginia
- 431 room
- 822 rooms
- 963 rooms
- 2474 rooms
- 1185 rooms
- 1386 rooms
- 337 rooms
- 08 rooms
- 279+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Galax city, Virginia
- 0no bedroom
- 111 bedroom
- 4862 bedrooms
- 9453 bedrooms
- 3704 bedrooms
- 885+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Galax city, Virginia
- 43no bedroom
- 1411 bedroom
- 3202 bedrooms
- 1703 bedrooms
- 834 bedrooms
- 215+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Galax city in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 84no vehicle
- 4621 vehicle
- 9672 vehicles
- 3453 vehicles
- 324 vehicles
- 325+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Galax city in renter-occupied apartments
- 180no vehicle
- 4071 vehicle
- 1372 vehicles
- 613 vehicles
- 04 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
87.4% of Galax city residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 12% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Virginia.
| Galax city: | 87.4% |
| State average: | 86.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4,303
- Other state: 1,799
- Northeast: 425
- Midwest: 252
- South: 917
- West: 202
- 62.6%Electricity
- 22.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 5.8%Wood
- 5.5%No fuel used
- 4.1%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 71.9%Electricity
- 16.5%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 10.8%Utility gas
- 0.9%Wood
Private vs. public school enrollment:
| Here: | 8.9% |
| Virginia: | 13.2% |
| Here: | 10.9% |
| Virginia: | 10.2% |
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Virginia: | 18.7% |
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2004:
- Total number of recipients: 444
- Number of aged recipients: 63
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 381
- Number of recipients under 18: 33
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 291
- Number of recipients older than 64: 120
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 215
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 146
| Most common first names in Galax city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| James | 208 | 72.8 years |
| William | 154 | 73.0 years |
| John | 133 | 74.3 years |
| Robert | 110 | 72.7 years |
| Mary | 105 | 80.0 years |
| Thomas | 65 | 76.1 years |
| Ruth | 59 | 77.8 years |
| George | 55 | 74.8 years |
| Charles | 55 | 71.3 years |
| Roy | 54 | 72.3 years |
| Most common last names in Galax city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| Cox | 98 | 80.1 years |
| Lineberry | 89 | 77.1 years |
| Edwards | 88 | 77.4 years |
| Smith | 82 | 76.0 years |
| Jones | 74 | 79.0 years |
| Davis | 71 | 77.1 years |
| Patton | 71 | 76.3 years |
| Williams | 69 | 78.0 years |
| Jennings | 65 | 78.6 years |
| Frost | 60 | 73.3 years |
| Businesses in Galax city, VA | ||||
| Name | Count | Name | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advance Auto Parts | 1 | Little Caesars Pizza | 1 | |
| Applebee's | 1 | Long John Silver's | 1 | |
| Arby's | 1 | Lowe's | 1 | |
| AutoZone | 1 | McDonald's | 1 | |
| CVS | 1 | Nike | 2 | |
| Curves | 1 | Pizza Hut | 1 | |
| Dunkin Donuts | 1 | RadioShack | 1 | |
| FedEx | 1 | Rite Aid | 1 | |
| GNC | 1 | Rodeway Inn | 1 | |
| Goodwill | 1 | Rue21 | 1 | |
| H&R Block | 1 | Sears | 1 | |
| Hardee's | 1 | Subway | 2 | |
| Hilton | 1 | Taco Bell | 1 | |
| KFC | 1 | U-Haul | 1 | |
| Kincaid | 1 | U.S. Cellular | 2 | |
| Knights Inn | 1 | UPS | 3 | |
| Kroger | 1 | Walmart | 1 | |
| La-Z-Boy | 2 | Wendy's | 1 | |
| Lane Furniture | 2 | |||
Galax city on our top lists:
- #5 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"