Galax County, VA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Galax County, VA, Virginia: 1 ZIP code scored, Galax County, VA averaging 22/100 (low, Galax, VA). Galax County, VA is in its expansion phase (Galax, VA confidence 30/100): Galax, VA home prices up 5.5% (Galax, VA) over twelve months. Galax County, VA lender headwind: 69/100.

Highest-scoring Galax County, VA ZIPs: 24333 (22/100).

Across Galax County, VA's scored ZIPs: median home value $155,400, household income $47,539, 20.0% vacancy, 22.5% poverty, 74% owner-occupied, median age 46.9.

Galax County, VA insurance distress 40/100 (#1,334 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Galax, VA; 6 federal disaster declarations in Galax County, VA since 2023; Galax, VA construction distress 53/100.

7 banks with 7 branches lend in Galax County, VA; Galax, VA weighted bank stress 62/100, highest 82/100 in Galax, VA.

Galax County, VA unemployment 3.5% (Galax, VA -0.4 pts, six months); 5 new housing units permitted in Galax County, VA over twelve months, Galax, VA down 71% from 17; Galax, VA home prices +11.3% a year (Galax, VA) over three years.

3,214 housing units in Galax County, VA; 1,047 Galax, VA renter households; 42% of Galax, VA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 16% (Galax, VA) half or more.

Galax County, VA ranks #151 nationally on the opportunity index (Galax, VA, among all ranked counties); Galax, VA scores 36.4/100 and Galax, VA sits #4 inside Virginia. Galax, VA is in the strong_buy opportunity phase; Galax, VA's primary driver is vacancy, Galax, VA second driver bank institutional; Galax, VA moved up 90 places. 2 short-sale listings across Galax, VA; 55 days on market observed in Galax, VA; 20.0% vacancy over 1 Galax, VA ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Galax County, VA. The non-metro area reading for Galax, VA: 1.2% ninety-plus days late; Galax, VA's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.0% (Galax, VA, December 2025 data); Virginia overall 0.8%.

Galax County, VA has 3 watched banks; 3 Galax, VA banks sit in an elevated band. Galax, VA footprints: National Bank Of Blacksburg (1 branch, stress 82) in Galax, VA; Skyline National Bank (1 branch, stress 65) in Galax, VA; Carter Bank&Trust (1 branch, stress 35) in Galax, VA.

HUD lists 1 assisted multifamily property in Galax County, VA with 10 units; 10 Galax, VA units are assisted.

451 of the 3,214 housing units in Galax, VA sit vacant. Galax County, VA permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Galax, VA's one-to-four unit structures added 5 units in Galax County, VA.