LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Galax city
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
STATE FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Galax city
A publishable local rate is unavailable. This profile uses the Virginia pooled state rate.
95% confidence interval: 12.9–13.6 deaths per 100,000.
COMMUNITY CONTEXT
Conditions affecting access and planning
These indicators provide context. They do not prove why suicide deaths occurred.
ACS population estimate
6,7262020–2024Population density
8172020–2024Median household income
38,6752020–2024± 8,836.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
31.1%2020–2024± 7.8 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
88.2%2020–2024Labor-force participation
56.0%2020–2024± 6.8 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
5.1%2020–2024± 4.1 margin of errorMedian gross rent
7432020–2024± 65.0 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
51.1%2020–2024± 12.7 margin of errorREAD CAREFULLY
Local numbers need restraint
Local mortality uses 2019–2023 pooled data when a rate is publishable.
Wide confidence intervals can make small numerical differences meaningless.
When local mortality is unavailable, the profile clearly uses a regional or state rate.