Gray Court vs Laurens

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

Gray Court and Laurens are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laurens has the higher population (9,307 vs 731 in Gray Court). Gray Court has the higher median household income ($64,286 vs $55,207 in Laurens). Gray Court has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $139,800 in Laurens).

Population, income & housing

	Gray Court	Laurens
Population	731	9,307
Median age	39.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,286	$55,207
Median home value	$168,800	$139,800
Median gross rent	$883	$795
Housing units	333	4,307
Homeownership rate	78.8%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gray Court	Laurens
Population	759 → 731 (-3.7%)	8,867 → 9,307 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$45,208 → $64,286 (+42.2%)	$40,738 → $55,207 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $168,800 (+101.2%)	$93,700 → $139,800 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $883 (+38.4%)	$720 → $795 (+10.4%)

Gray Court

Population

759731

Median household income

$45,208$64,286

Median home value

$83,900$168,800

Median gross rent

$638$883

Laurens

Population

8,8679,307

Median household income

$40,738$55,207

Median home value

$93,700$139,800

Median gross rent

$720$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gray Court	Laurens
Under 5	10.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.7%
75 and over	6.7%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gray Court	Laurens
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	54.5%
Black or African American	41.2%	34.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gray Court	Laurens
No high school diploma	23.4%	19.7%
High school graduate	28.5%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gray Court	Laurens
Drove alone	84.8%	76.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gray Court	Laurens
1-unit, detached	65.5%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	34.5%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Gray Court	Laurens
Poverty rate	13.0%	22.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1979	1975