Galax city, Virginia (VA)

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County population in July 2007: 6,824 (91% urban, 9% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 1,949
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,001

% of renters here:	34%
State:	32%

Land area: 8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 829 people per square mile

(very high).

2008 cost of living index in Galax city: 81.9 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (39.3%), Educational,health and social services (15.6%), Retail trade (14.0%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 85%
Government: 11%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
Unpaid family work: 1%

Galax city, Virginia business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Galax city, Virginia:

White Non-Hispanic (81.2%)
Hispanic (11.1%)
Black (6.3%)
Other race (5.5%)
Two or more races (1.0%)
American Indian (0.8%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	39.8 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 3,250	(47.5%)
Females: 3,587	(52.5%)

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Total labor force in 2004: 3,236
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.5%

Average household size:

Galax city:	2.3 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $36,030 ($28,236 in 1999)

This county:	$36,030
Virginia:	$59,562

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $358 (lower quartile is $228, upper quartile is $478)

This county:	$358
State:	$753

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $146,210 (it was $62,900 in 2000)

Galax city:	$146,210
Virginia:	$262,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $84,467 - $213,807

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $172,824
Here: $172,824
State: $357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $145,115
Here: $145,115
State: $371,438

In 2-unit structures: $122,774
Here: $122,774
State: $295,743

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $324,236
Here: $324,236
State: $316,638

Mobile homes: $9,787
Here: $9,787
State: $37,843

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,233
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $206

Institutionalized population: 135

Galax city races chart

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $429 (0.7%)

Galax city household income distribution in 2007

Galax city contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	18.6%
Whole state:	9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	4.1%
Whole state:	4.3%

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: Carroll County , Grayson County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Unemployment in May 2009:

Here:	9.7%
Virginia:	7.0%

Unemployment by year (%)

Current college students: 195
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 60.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 588 (6% naturalized citizens)

Galax city:	8.6%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 170 1990 to 1994: 183 1985 to 1989: 79 1980 to 1984: 73 1975 to 1979: 55 1970 to 1974: 0 1970 to 1974: 0 1965 to 1969: 28

Mean travel time to work: 15.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 59.7%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,121
One, attached: 53
Two: 168
3 or 4: 117
5 to 9: 139
10 to 19: 202
20 or more: 58
Mobile homes: 359

Housing units in Galax city with a mortgage: 820 (68 second mortgage, 116 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 792

Here:	50.9% with mortgage
State:	75.1% with mortgage

Religion statistics

Total adherents: 5,984
Total congregations: 24

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	United Methodist Church	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Adherents	2,273 (38.0%)	783 (13.1%)	758 (12.7%)	659 (11.0%)	384 (6.4%)
Congregations	9 (37.5%)	4 (16.7%)	1 (4.2%)	2 (8.3%)	1 (4.2%)

Name	The Wesleyan Church	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Friends (Quakers)	Seventh-Day Adventist Church	Other
Adherents	285 (4.8%)	281 (4.7%)	275 (4.6%)	184 (3.1%)	102 (1.7%)
Congregations	1 (4.2%)	1 (4.2%)	2 (8.3%)	1 (4.2%)	2 (8.3%)

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.

Religions in Galax city - Galax

Galax city-area historical earthquake activity is above Virginia state average. It is 81% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

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 Galax city center
On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.3 LG) earthquake occurred 67.5 miles away from the county center
On 6/29/1996 at 19:30:42, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 MB, 3.9 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 67.4 miles away from the county center
On 6/26/1995 at 00:36:17, a magnitude 3.5 (3.1 MB, 3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 30.0 miles away from Galax city center
On 2/12/1994 at 02:40:24, a magnitude 3.4 (2.9 ML, 3.4 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 60.6 miles away from the county center
On 10/28/1997 at 10:36:46, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 70.1 miles away from Galax city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML)

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males (%):

Furniture and related products (20%)
Textile mills and textile products (9%)
Construction (8%)
Wood products (6%)
Health care (6%)
Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
Public administration (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (16%)
Furniture and related products (10%)
Textile mills and textile products (7%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
Social assistance (5%)
Apparel (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
Woodworkers (9%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Cashiers (7%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (75%)
Honduras (11%)
United Kingdom (3%)
Guatemala (3%)
Spain (3%)
Cuba (2%)
Egypt (2%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Galax city (%):

United States or American (33%)
English (16%)
German (7%)
Irish (6%)
Scotch-Irish (3%)
Scottish (2%)
Dutch (2%)

Galax city mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,305 (77%)
Carpooled: 579 (19%)
Taxi: 8 (0%)
Walked: 64 (2%)
Other means: 12 (0%)
Worked at home: 45 (1%)

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

135 people in nursing homes
4 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $40,082.

6.88% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($24,621 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.88%
Virginia average:	11.06%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.43% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($15,310 average AGI)
2.45% relocated from other states ($9,316 average AGI)
Galax city: 2.45%
Virginia average: 4.24%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Carroll County, VA	1.86% ($20,830 average AGI)
from Grayson County, VA	1.38% ($24,171)

6.70% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,751 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.70%
Virginia average:	10.78%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.24% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($20,414 average AGI)
2.46% relocated to other states ($11,331 average AGI)
Galax city: 2.46%
Virginia average: 4.13%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Carroll County, VA	1.66% ($30,262 average AGI)
to Grayson County, VA	0.83% ($15,143)
to Wythe County, VA	0.40% ($32,100)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 16.0

Births per 1000 population in Galax city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 17.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 16.5

Deaths per 1000 population in Galax city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Galax city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,423 (2,774 aged, 649 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 15.02
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 65449.9
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 1141.660
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 245561.06

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1213.300
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1273.220
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 14.98

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 160.260
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 149.790

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 29.96

Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996 : 1

Household type by relationship

Households: 6,699

In family households: 5,504 (1,454 male householders, 395 female householders)
1,483 spouses, 1,790 children (1,593 natural, 73 adopted, 124 stepchildren), 123 grandchildren, 28 brothers or sisters, 65 parents, 57 other relatives, 109 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,195 (417 male householders (359 living alone)), 672 female householders (643 living alone)), 106 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 138 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 904 2-persons, 461 3-persons, 272 4-persons, 130 5-persons, 56 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,002 1-person, 71 2-persons, 16 3-persons.

89.0% of residents of Galax city speak English at home.
10.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (27% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 25% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 49% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $74,958,000 ($11260 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

Population growth in Galax city

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.86 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.7
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 66
1995 to 1998: 139
1990 to 1994: 209
1980 to 1989: 429
1970 to 1979: 650
1960 to 1969: 492
1950 to 1959: 497
1940 to 1949: 307
1939 or earlier: 428

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Galax city, Virginia:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 24 3 rooms: 98 4 rooms: 187 5 rooms: 588 6 rooms: 345 7 rooms: 367 8 rooms: 214 9+ rooms: 126

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Galax city, Virginia:
	1 room: 37 2 rooms: 118 3 rooms: 189 4 rooms: 346 5 rooms: 196 6 rooms: 67 7 rooms: 28 8 rooms: 10 9+ rooms: 10

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Galax city:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 66 2 bedrooms: 543 3 bedrooms: 1,003 4 bedrooms: 277 5+ bedrooms: 60

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Galax city:
	no bedroom: 37 1 bedroom: 262 2 bedrooms: 490 3 bedrooms: 166 4 bedrooms: 46 5+ bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Galax city in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 138 1 vehicle: 693 2 vehicles: 755 3 vehicles: 267 4 vehicles: 63 5+ vehicles: 33

Cars and other vehicles available in Galax city in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 307 1 vehicle: 483 2 vehicles: 145 3 vehicles: 56 4 vehicles: 10 5+ vehicles: 0

55% of Galax city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Virginia.

Galax city:	54.7%
State average:	53.8%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 4718
Northeast: 104
Midwest: 173
South: 1130
West: 115

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,600

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47.2%) Electricity (41.4%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5.7%) Wood (5.3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (55.8%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (37.3%) Wood (2.7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2.2%) Utility gas (2.0%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17

Here:	4.8%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9

Here:	4.6%
Virginia:	20.6%

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Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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Galax city Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008:

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