Gray is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 3,541 people and five associated neighborhoods, Gray is the 200th largest community in Georgia. Much of the housing stock in Gray was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Gray economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Gray, where the median household income is $73,114.00.Gray is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 89.04% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Gray is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gray who work in office and administrative support (23.27%), healthcare (13.53%), and management occupations (12.31%). Also of interest is that Gray has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.63% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Gray, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.23 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small city, Gray does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Gray citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.39% of adults in Gray have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Gray in 2022 was $36,282, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,128 for a family of four. However, Gray contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gray is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gray home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gray residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gray include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Gray is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
