County · Virginia

Galax city, Virginia

Galax city, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 54 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,457 of 3,143 US counties. Within Virginia it ranks #83 of 133 counties. It ranks best on traffic deaths (low), gyms and fitness centers (high) and distance to an emergency room (low). It ranks worst on median household income (low), life expectancy (low) and property crime rate (high).

54Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,457 of 3,143 counties
Virginia: #83 of 133 in VA
Population: 6,670 (2025)
Land area: 8 mi²
Density: 809.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 51640

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety40#1,857/3,096
Economy9#2,872/3,143
Housing28#2,275/3,140
Health16#2,637/3,144
Healthcare79#666/3,143
Environment100#15/3,108
Education65#1,104/3,144
Infrastructure33#2,096/3,144
Community69#968/3,144
Leisure & amenities99#19/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Galax city, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Traffic deaths · low0.0 /100k
100/100Virginia 10.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Gyms and fitness centers · high7.5 /10k
100/100Virginia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Distance to an emergency room · low2.0 mi
99/100Virginia 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Mental health providers · high965 /100k
99/100Virginia 284 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Math scores · high3.65
98/100Virginia 3.27United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Natural hazard risk · low2.4
98/100Virginia 17.92025Federal Emergency Management Agency

Weaknesses

Median household income · low$38,922
1/100Virginia $92,116United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Life expectancy · low67.5 yrs
2/100Virginia 77.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Property crime rate · high2,942 /100k
2/100Virginia 1,354 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Average weekly wage · low$813
5/100Virginia $1,540United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.542
5/100Virginia 0.472United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Premature death · high17,284 /100k
6/100Virginia 7,587 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
4% (2021) → 65% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+61 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
62.9% (2010 & 2021) → 98.4% (2022 & 2024)
+36 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New business applicationsImproving
4.3 /1k (2020) → 9.7 /1k (2025)
+126%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
50.0% (2019) → 25.0% (2023)
−25 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
Traffic deathsImproving
6.2 /100k (2015-2019) → 0.0 /100k (2020-2024)
−100%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
New homes permittedWorsening
1.4 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Galax city, Virginia improved on 7 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 22 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

New businesses+126%4.3 /1k → 9.7 /1k
Broadband+20 points68.5% → 88.2%
Uninsured−4.1 points14.1% → 10.0%
Unemployment−4.6 points8.3% → 3.7%
Real income+36%$42,126 → $57,314

Declined1

Students / teacher+0.7×13.2× → 13.9×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Galax city, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.0 /10k2020	9.0 /10k2025	+51%	Within the margin of error	91%
Average commute time	19.4 min2015-2019	22.6 min2020-2024	+3.3 min	Within the margin of error	11%
Average weekly wage	$6502020	$8132025	+25%	Improved	58%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%2015-2019	19.1%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Broadband subscriptions	68.5%2015-2019	88.2%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	93%
Child poverty rate	33.1%2019	31.6%2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Distance to an airport	67 mi2020	67 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	29.9 /100k2020	20.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−32%	Within the margin of error	55%
Effective property tax rate	0.78%2015-2019	0.52%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Firearm deaths	27.9 /100k2020	20.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−25%	Within the margin of error	84%
Grocery stores	6.0 /10k2020	6.0 /10k2025	+0.7%	Within the margin of error	57%
Gyms and fitness centers	4.5 /10k2020	7.5 /10k2025	+68%	Within the margin of error	90%
High school diploma or higher	75.7%2015-2019	84.4%2020-2024	+8.7 points	Within the margin of error	98%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+0.8×	Within the margin of error	18%
Income adjusted for local prices	$42,1262019	$57,3142024	+36%	Improved	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5192015-2019	0.5422020-2024	+0.023	Within the margin of error	21%
Median household income	$37,2292019	$38,9222024	+4.5%	Within the margin of error	1%
New business applications	4.3 /1k2020	9.7 /1k2025	+126%	Improved	95%
Pharmacies	7.4 /10k2020	4.5 /10k2025	−40%	Within the margin of error	9%
Poverty rate	19.0%2019	21.6%2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Property crime rate	3,665 /100k2020	2,942 /100k2025	−20%	Improved	26%
Public libraries	1.6 /10k2019	1.5 /10k2024	−5.6%	Within the margin of error	22%
Rent as share of income	37.3%2015-2019	30.5%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Rent-burdened households	56.3%2015-2019	51.1%2020-2024	−5.2 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Restaurants and bars	26.8 /10k2020	24.0 /10k2025	−10%	Within the margin of error	25%
Students per teacher	13.2×2019	13.9×2024	+0.7×	Declined	12%
Suicide rate	28.3 /100k2020	21.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−25%	Within the margin of error	89%
Traffic deaths	6.2 /100k2015-2019	0.0 /100k2020-2024	−100%	Within the margin of error	100%
Unemployment rate	8.3%2020	3.7%2025	−4.6 points	Improved	91%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.1%2019	10.0%2024	−4.1 points	Improved	92%
Violent crime rate	255 /100k2020	251 /100k2025	−1.4%	Within the margin of error	34%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Galax city, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Galax city, Virginia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Galax city, Virginia itself moved +5.7 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,726 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 men (−3.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

6,726 residents

Galax city, Virginia
Virginia share

White77%5,165
Black4.9%†331
Hispanic or Latino14%950

Education

4,462 residents (±271)

Galax city, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma16%698
High school or GED28%1,249
Some college24%1,054

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,763 households (±234)

Galax city, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k32%897
$25k–50k23%640
$50k–75k14%†376
$75k–100k8.3%†230
$100k–150k12%†327
$150k–200k3.0%†83
$200k or more7.6%†210

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+6.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,763 households (±234)

Galax city, Virginia
Virginia share

Own56%1,556
Rent44%1,207

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−11.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,056 households (±236)

Galax city, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $75052%†546
$750–1,00022%†228
$1,000–1,50022%†236

Home values

1,556 homes (±215)

Galax city, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k54%838
$150k–250k23%†361
$250k–400k17%†257

Age of homes

3,214 homes (±207)

Galax city, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later2.6%†82
2000–20096.6%†211
1980–199916%505

Size of homes

3,214 homes (±207)

Galax city, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio2.6%†84
1 bedroom6.3%†204
2 bedrooms34%1,107

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,795 workers (±375)

Galax city, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone83%2,331
Carpool11%†297
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.2%†5
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.8%†162
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,633 workers (±383)

Galax city, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min53%1,386
15–29 min25%†669
30–44 min3.0%†79

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Galax city has 311 employer establishments, 459 for every 10,000 residents (1.85× the US rate of 248; 1.90× Virginia's), with 4,771 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,625. The Census Bureau also counts 491 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 311; 491 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 459; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 4,771
Average annual pay: $39,625; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Galax city by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	39	57.5	2.76×More than typical	493	$60,142	22
Restaurants and other eating places	31	45.7	2.49×More than typical	526	$19,582	—
Full-service restaurants	15	22.1	2.88×More than typical	165	$20,642	—
Limited-service restaurants	15	22.1	2.76×More than typical	358	$19,103	—
Lessors of real estate	12	17.7	1.44×More than typical	27	$54,667	56
Offices of physicians	12	17.7	2.73×More than typical	175	$67,480	—
Religious organizations	12	17.7	3.19×More than typical	40	$15,775	—
Offices of other health practitioners	11	16.2	2.67×More than typical	53	$43,396	10
Banks and credit unions	9	13.3	4.11×Too few to compare	57	$49,035	—
Individual and family services	9	13.3	4.74×Too few to compare	219	$29,315	—
Gasoline stations	8	11.8	3.64×Too few to compare	70	$26,143	—
General merchandise stores	8	11.8	6.68×Too few to compare	413	$34,973	5

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 6,777 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $286.6K on contracts performed in Galax city, Virginia: $42.97 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $286.6K; −52% vs FY2025
Per resident: $42.97; US $1,995
Sole-source: 93%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

National Aeronautics and Space Administration$266.5K93%
Department of the Army$36.2K13%

Top recipients

GRACE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSULTING LLC$266.5K93%
LUJO LLC$14.9K5.2%
MASTERPEACE SERVICES LLC$14.4K5.0%
CULTURED STATUS, LLC$6,9362.4%
VANGUARD INSPECTION SERVICES-$16.2K0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

138.5KFY2017
896.1KFY2018
56.1KFY2019
1.4MFY2020
1.6MFY2021
1.3MFY2022
807.1KFY2023
1.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$266.5K93%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$29.3K10%
Waste collection · 5621$6,9362.4%

Largest awards

HOUSING INSPECTION SERVICES IN RESPONSE TO DR-48XX-VA. 15,000 INSPECTIONS IN SUPPORT OF PRESIDENTIAL DECLARED DISASTER IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE HELENE.$518.4K
VANGUARD INSPECTION SERVICES· Galax city, VA· Professional services· Oct 3, 2024 – Aug 18, 2026· 70FBR325F00000001
HICAM TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT SUPPORT$266.5K
GRACE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSULTING LLC· Galax city, VA· Research & development· Apr 21, 2026 – May 18, 2026· 80NSSC26P0528
BASE YEAR - CUSTODIAL - VA033$43.4K
MASTERPEACE SERVICES LLC· Galax city, VA· Facilities & utilities· Feb 29, 2024 – Feb 19, 2026· W15QKN24P5016
SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL SERVICES IN GALAX, VA033

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $55M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Galax city, Virginia: $8,246 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $55M; −0.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,246; US $12,975
Loan face value: $3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$28.9M52%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$8.4M15%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$5.6M10%
93.600 · Head Start$3M5.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$2.8M5.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$2.1M3.8%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$1.6M3.0%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$777.5K1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

ROOFTOP OF VIRGINIA CAP$3M5.5%
GALAX, VA
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.6M3.0%
RICHMOND, VA
GLENDALE GALAX VA LLC$388K0.7%
GALAX, VA
CITY OF GALAX$99.5K0.2%
GALAX, VA
AUR INC.$00.0%

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$39.3M72%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$9.7M18%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Administration for Children and Families$3M5.5%
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Highway Administration$1.6M3.0%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner

Assistance by fiscal year

49.7MFY2021
47.3MFY2022
52.4MFY2023
57.7MFY2024
55.3MFY2025
55MFY2026

County aggregates

90%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Galax city, Virginia compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Galax city, Virginia
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Galax city, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Galax city, Virginia	United States
FY2017	$21.39	$1,436
FY2018	$142	$1,552
FY2019	$8.86	$1,654
FY2020	$210	$1,880
FY2021	$243	$1,810
FY2022	$193	$1,917
FY2023	$119	$2,079
FY2024	$223	$2,047
FY2025	$89.24	$2,165
FY2026	$42.97 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Galax city, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Galax city, Virginia	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$21.29	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$34.17	$145
FY2021	$3.28	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Galax city, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Galax city, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$755	$5,748
FY2022	$611	$5,221
FY2023	$544	$5,364
FY2024	$1,289	$5,501
FY2025	$645	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Galax city, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Galax city, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$56.24	$298
FY2022	$16.39	$357
FY2023	-$9.99	$301
FY2024	$73.62	$319
FY2025	$2.06	$360
FY2026	$247

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Galax city, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Galax city, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$67.37	$239
FY2022	$78.26	$185
FY2023	$81.16	$229
FY2024	$87.63	$229
FY2025	$79.70	$249
FY2026	$58.17

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Galax city, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Galax city, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$455	$2,304
FY2022	$400	$2,197
FY2023	$432	$2,274
FY2024	$444	$2,267
FY2025	$449	$2,397
FY2026	$452

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Galax city, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Galax city, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$1,319	$1,186
FY2022	$241	$465
FY2023	-$32.46	$76.52
FY2024	$67.82	$120
FY2025	$248	$148
FY2026	$176

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Galax city, Virginia
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Galax city, Virginia and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Galax city, Virginia	United States
2014	−0.7%	2.0%
2015	4.4%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties under 10,000 residents are not assessed: their money per resident swings too much from year to year.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/51640

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Galax city, Virginia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

H. Morgan GriffithR-VA-9 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.3%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Galax city

Places whose residents live mostly in Galax city, largest first.

Galax6,726

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

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Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-08
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Calendar years	Galax city, Virginia	United States
2014	+0.2%	−4.2%
2015	+0.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.1%	+3.3%
2018	+8.1%	+6.8%
2019	+8.3%	+10.5%
2020	+15.0%	+19.4%
2021	+20.9%	+26.1%
2022	+31.0%	+30.6%
2023	+36.6%	+35.0%
2024	+41.8%	+41.0%
2025	+43.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Galax city, Virginia	United States
2014	−5.6%	−5.5%
2015	−1.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.7%	+4.1%
2018	+7.3%	+8.9%
2019	+11.0%	+13.5%
2020	+23.0%	+20.8%
2021	+32.7%	+32.1%
2022	+38.4%	+35.4%
2023	+46.6%	+42.9%
2024	+54.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Galax city, Virginia	United States
2014	0.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Galax city, Virginia	United States
2014	−5.8%	−6.9%
2015	−6.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−5.2%	+4.7%
2018	+3.8%	+7.5%
2019	+5.7%	+14.0%
2020	+14.3%	+16.9%
2021	+19.3%	+21.0%
2022	+26.9%	+29.7%
2023	+33.1%	+34.9%
2024	+10.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Galax city, Virginia	United States
2014	22.7%	15.5%
2015	24.2%	14.7%
2016	20.5%	14.0%
2017	21.5%	13.4%
2018	21.7%	13.1%
2019	19.0%	12.3%
2020	18.8%	11.9%
2021	21.0%	12.8%
2022	22.0%	12.6%
2023	20.8%	12.5%
2024	21.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Galax city, Virginia	United States
2014	7.1%	6.2%
2015	5.4%	5.3%
2016	4.6%	4.9%
2017	4.1%	4.4%
2018	3.5%	3.9%
2019	3.3%	3.7%
2020	8.3%	8.1%
2021	4.3%	5.4%
2022	3.0%	3.7%
2023	3.7%	3.6%
2024	3.6%	4.0%
2025	3.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Galax city, Virginia	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.0% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+16.9% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+30.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+48.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+65.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+71.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+74.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+92.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Galax city, Virginia	United States
2014	17.2%	13.5%
2015	16.4%	10.9%
2016	15.8%	10.0%
2017	15.1%	10.2%
2018	15.1%	10.4%
2019	14.1%	10.8%
2020	11.3%	10.4%
2021	12.9%	10.2%
2022	9.9%	9.5%
2023	9.9%	9.5%
2024	10.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Galax city, Virginia	United States
2014	2.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.0/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.4/1k	10.6/1k
2020	4.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	5.9/1k	16.2/1k
2022	10.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	11.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.7/1k	16.6/1k

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Improved7

Declined1

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Declined1

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