Grayson vs Olive Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Grayson and Olive Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Grayson and Olive Hill are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grayson has the higher population (3,820 vs 1,488 in Olive Hill). Olive Hill has the higher median household income ($69,063 vs $28,548 in Grayson). Grayson has the higher median home value ($125,600 vs $111,100 in Olive Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Grayson	Olive Hill
Population	3,820	1,488
Median age	33.6 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$28,548	$69,063
Median home value	$125,600	$111,100
Median gross rent	$632	$508
Housing units	1,851	885
Homeownership rate	42.3%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grayson	Olive Hill
Population	3,976 → 3,820 (-3.9%)	1,352 → 1,488 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$29,554 → $28,548 (-3.4%)	$28,333 → $69,063 (+143.8%)
Median home value	$115,200 → $125,600 (+9.0%)	$86,700 → $111,100 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$519 → $632 (+21.8%)	$449 → $508 (+13.1%)

Grayson

Population

3,9763,820

Median household income

$29,554$28,548

Median home value

$115,200$125,600

Median gross rent

$519$632

Olive Hill

Population

1,3521,488

Median household income

$28,333$69,063

Median home value

$86,700$111,100

Median gross rent

$449$508

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grayson	Olive Hill
Under 5	5.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	8.2%
18 to 24	17.1%	3.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	17.1%
45 to 54	7.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	25.2%
75 and over	6.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grayson	Olive Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	89.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grayson	Olive Hill
No high school diploma	16.8%	12.0%
High school graduate	50.2%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grayson	Olive Hill
Drove alone	67.3%	78.9%
Carpooled	13.8%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.5%	15.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grayson	Olive Hill
1-unit, detached	61.0%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	4.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Grayson	Olive Hill
Poverty rate	40.1%	16.3%
Average household size	2.18	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1979	1974