The median home value in Galax, VA is $191,435 as of 2026-06-30, up 9.7% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$191,435
Year-over-Year
+9.7%
Population
6,770
Galax ranks #53 of 62 Virginia cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 42.7% below the state's city median of $333,830. It sits in Grayson County, where the county-wide median is $212,943.
Galax police recorded a violent crime rate of 310 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 4,535 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Galax is $191,435. That's up 9.7% from a year earlier. That is about 42.7% below the typical county in Virginia.
Homes in Galax are cheaper than Grayson County as a whole, where the median is $212,943 — a difference of about 10.1%.
Galax police reported 310 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,770. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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