Gray vs Johnson City

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

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

Johnson City has the higher population (71,455 vs 1,606 in Gray). Gray has the higher median household income ($66,585 vs $55,429 in Johnson City). Johnson City has the higher median home value ($238,000 vs $192,500 in Gray).

Population, income & housing

	Gray	Johnson City
Population	1,606	71,455
Median age	50.8 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,585	$55,429
Median home value	$192,500	$238,000
Median gross rent	$1,094	$957
Housing units	753	33,086
Homeownership rate	72.5%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gray	Johnson City
Population	1,016 → 1,606 (+58.1%)	66,515 → 71,455 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$41,422 → $66,585 (+60.7%)	$41,682 → $55,429 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$171,900 → $192,500 (+12.0%)	$167,500 → $238,000 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $1,094 (+20.9%)	$755 → $957 (+26.8%)

Gray

Population

1,0161,606

Median household income

$41,422$66,585

Median home value

$171,900$192,500

Median gross rent

$905$1,094

Johnson City

Population

66,51571,455

Median household income

$41,682$55,429

Median home value

$167,500$238,000

Median gross rent

$755$957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gray	Johnson City
Under 5	6.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	16.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	5.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	26.7%	9.3%
75 and over	6.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gray	Johnson City
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gray	Johnson City
No high school diploma	6.9%	9.0%
High school graduate	36.2%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gray	Johnson City
Drove alone	76.2%	78.7%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.5%	10.4%
Other means	4.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gray	Johnson City
1-unit, detached	41.8%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	29.7%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	18.0%
20 or more units	14.6%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Gray	Johnson City
Poverty rate	4.0%	21.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	2001	1983