Gray vs Montegut

A side-by-side comparison of Gray and Montegut: population, income, housing, and more.

Gray and Montegut are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gray has the higher population (5,524 vs 1,264 in Montegut). Gray has the higher median household income ($57,472 vs $32,500 in Montegut). Gray has the higher median home value ($155,200 vs $105,000 in Montegut).

Population, income & housing

	Gray	Montegut
Population	5,524	1,264
Median age	39.8 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,472	$32,500
Median home value	$155,200	$105,000
Median gross rent	$1,118	$857
Housing units	2,329	484
Homeownership rate	85.9%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gray	Montegut
Population	5,944 → 5,524 (-7.1%)	2,133 → 1,264 (-40.7%)
Median household income	$48,773 → $57,472 (+17.8%)	$33,947 → $32,500 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$150,200 → $155,200 (+3.3%)	$80,000 → $105,000 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,118 (+21.9%)	$738 → $857 (+16.1%)

Gray

Population

5,9445,524

Median household income

$48,773$57,472

Median home value

$150,200$155,200

Median gross rent

$917$1,118

Montegut

Population

2,1331,264

Median household income

$33,947$32,500

Median home value

$80,000$105,000

Median gross rent

$738$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gray	Montegut
Under 5	5.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	15.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	7.4%	9.9%
45 to 54	16.6%	16.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	22.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	15.0%
75 and over	5.5%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gray	Montegut
White (non-Hispanic)	51.3%	80.3%
Black or African American	40.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	15.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gray	Montegut
No high school diploma	25.5%	42.8%
High school graduate	36.5%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gray	Montegut
Drove alone	82.8%	65.2%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	18.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	9.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gray	Montegut
1-unit, detached	67.8%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.2%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Gray	Montegut
Poverty rate	11.3%	40.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1987	1959