Galax city vs Lexington city

A side-by-side comparison of Galax city and Lexington city: population, income, housing, and more.

Galax city and Lexington city are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lexington city has the higher population (7,420 vs 6,698 in Galax city). Lexington city has the higher median household income ($89,598 vs $41,438 in Galax city). Lexington city has the higher median home value ($275,300 vs $126,800 in Galax city).

Population, income & housing

	Galax city	Lexington city
Population	6,698	7,420
Median age	41.9 yrs	22.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,438	$89,598
Median home value	$126,800	$275,300
Median gross rent	$692	$985
Housing units	3,213	2,644
Homeownership rate	61.6%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	57.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galax city	Lexington city
Population	6,517 → 6,698 (+2.8%)	7,241 → 7,420 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$33,575 → $41,438 (+23.4%)	$42,632 → $89,598 (+110.2%)
Median home value	$96,600 → $126,800 (+31.3%)	$235,700 → $275,300 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $692 (+20.6%)	$788 → $985 (+25.0%)

Galax city

Population

6,5176,698

Median household income

$33,575$41,438

Median home value

$96,600$126,800

Median gross rent

$574$692

Lexington city

Population

7,2417,420

Median household income

$42,632$89,598

Median home value

$235,700$275,300

Median gross rent

$788$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galax city	Lexington city
Under 5	8.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	3.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	49.1%
25 to 34	7.9%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	3.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	7.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.3%
75 and over	8.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galax city	Lexington city
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	79.2%
Black or African American	4.9%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galax city	Lexington city
No high school diploma	17.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	25.3%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	32.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galax city	Lexington city
Drove alone	80.1%	53.9%
Carpooled	16.6%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	30.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galax city	Lexington city
1-unit, detached	72.1%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	13.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Galax city	Lexington city
Poverty rate	23.4%	15.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	20	12
Median year structure built	1968	1957