Jury Pool Profile

Galax City City, Virginia

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 6,698
Median household income: $41,438
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,384 80.4%
Black or African American alone 327 4.9%
Asian alone 10 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 29 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.3%
Some other race alone 350 5.2%
Two or more races 576 8.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,057 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.9

Under 18 1,632 24.4%
18–24 604 9.0%
25–44 1,238 18.5%
45–64 1,893 28.3%
65 and over 1,331 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B
Avg. annual pay: $41,651
Establishments: 400

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,940 33.4%
Manufacturing 1,252 21.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,192 20.5%
Leisure & hospitality 538 9.3%
Professional & business services 308 5.3%
Public administration 153 2.6%
Financial activities 144 2.5%
Other services 115 2.0%
Information 79 1.4%
Unclassified 17 0.3%
Construction 9 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.6%
Median gross rent: $692
Owner-occupied: 1,682
Renter-occupied: 1,047

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,717 votes cast

Republican 1,946 71.6%
Democratic 753 27.7%
Other / third-party 18 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 671 10.9%
Tagalog 10 0.2%
Other 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,729
Family households: 1,695; 62.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,167
Single-mother households: 222
Veterans: 460; 9.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

73.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,859 42.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,408 21.0%
Black Protestant 700 10.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.6%
With a disability: 14.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 27th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Bland, Christiansburg, Floyd, Galax, Hillsville, Independence, Pearisburg, Pulaski, Radford, Wytheville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023