What is the population of Galax city?

Galax city has 6,698 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #176 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Galax city?

Median household income in Galax city is $41,438 a year, 47.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Galax city?

Median gross rent is $692 a month and the median home value is $126,800, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.

Is Galax city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Galax city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Galax, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Galax, Virginia (Galax, VA — Census place “Galax city”) is 6,698 residents, ranking #176 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $41,438, the median home is worth $126,800 and median gross rent runs $692 a month. Looking for the Galax Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Galax, VA: 24333.

Population: 6,698Galax city residents
Median household income: $41,438Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $126,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $692Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 61.6%Owner-occupied households

Galax ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Galax.

The Galax VA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

24333

What the numbers mean in Galax city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Galax city median would spend about 20% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 23.4% of residents and 61.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Galax city, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Galax city is a mid-size town in Virginia, with 6,698 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #176 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 74% of them. The median age here is 41.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Galax city earn a median of $41,438 a year, 47.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 50% below the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 23.4% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Galax city is valued at $126,800, 58.2% below the national figure and 56% below the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $692 a month, 50.8% below the national figure, or roughly $8,304 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 61.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Galax city?: Galax city has 6,698 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #176 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Galax city?: Median household income in Galax city is $41,438 a year, 47.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Galax city?: Median gross rent is $692 a month and the median home value is $126,800, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.
Is Galax city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Galax city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Galax city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.