Galax city, Virginia: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+44%. Republican peak: R+44 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+44MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 6,7262024 5-year
- Median household income
- $38,6752024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 14.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+23 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Jackson County, OH · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Galax cityPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Galax city, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | No data |
| 1928 | No data |
| 1932 | No data |
| 1936 | No data |
| 1940 | No data |
| 1944 | No data |
| 1948 | No data |
| 1952 | No data |
| 1956 | −37.3% |
| 1960 | −26.1% |
| 1964 | +22.9% |
| 1968 | −22.0% |
| 1972 | −31.1% |
| 1976 | +3.8% |
| 1980 | −5.5% |
| 1984 | −30.9% |
| 1988 | −16.9% |
| 1992 | −5.5% |
| 1996 | +5.6% |
| 2000 | −7.4% |
| 2004 | −14.9% |
| 2008 | −11.0% |
| 2012 | −19.0% |
| 2016 | −38.8% |
| 2020 | −40.2% |
| 2024 | −43.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 753 | 1,946 | 2,721 | ||
| R | 777 | 1,838 | 2,638 | ||
| R | 681 | 1,603 | 2,376 | ||
| R | 900 | 1,332 | 2,277 | ||
| R | 1,052 | 1,317 | 2,402 | ||
| R | 987 | 1,336 | 2,335 | ||
| R | 996 | 1,160 | 2,213 | ||
| D | 1,033 | 910 | 2,181 | ||
| R | 957 | 1,087 | 2,344 | ||
| R | 907 | 1,278 | 2,200 | ||
| R | 814 | 1,548 | 2,375 | ||
| R | 1,061 | 1,188 | 2,293 | ||
| D | 1,218 | 1,128 | 2,370 | ||
| R | 738 | 1,416 | 2,179 | ||
| R | 748 | 1,257 | 2,309 | ||
| D | 2,410 | 1,511 | 3,928 | ||
| R | 508 | 867 | 1,377 | ||
| R | 346 | 761 | 1,114 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
21.4%
English
17.3%
German
10.1%
Irish
7.2%
Scottish
1.9%
Italian
0.9%
African American
3.9%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$38,675
Galax city ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Galax city$38,675
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Galax city ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
31.1%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1842.8%
Working age (18–64)28.0%
Seniors (65+)19.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.0%
speak English only
Spanish9.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Galax, one of Virginia's smallest independent cities, sits at the foot of the Blue Ridge and has shifted toward lopsided Republican margins over the past decade, reflecting a broader rural realignment across southwest Virginia's manufacturing and tobacco-belt communities.
The Republican margin here reached forty-four points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-four points.
A median household income of $38,675, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,726 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson County and Fulton County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Galax city, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Galax city, Virginia voted Republican by 43.8 points (R+44), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,721 votes cast, 753 went Democratic and 1,946 went Republican.
What is Galax city, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Galax city, Virginia in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 3 times, Republican 15 times, and other 0 times.
When did Galax city, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Galax city, Virginia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Galax city, Virginia?
Galax city, Virginia has a population of 6,726 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Galax city, Virginia?
Median household income in Galax city, Virginia is $38,675 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Galax city, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Galax city, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.