Galax, Virginia

Galax population, 2020 to 2024

Galax added 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -60. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 36th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Galax is 41% of it.

Galax covers 8.24 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 818 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Galax is less dense than the typical town.

What county Galax is in

All of Galax's residents live in Galax city, which had 6,739 residents in 2024. Galax holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Galax

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Galax by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 24333. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Galax is

The Census internal point of Galax is at 36.665600, -80.914300. Richmond, the capital, is 201.0 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mount Airy, NC (10,583 people), 19.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 53.3 miles away.

Daylight in Galax

At 36.67° N, Galax gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Galax

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Hillsville, 11.9 miles away, with 2,843 people.