Gray vs Jonesborough

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

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

Jonesborough has the higher population (6,056 vs 1,606 in Gray). Gray has the higher median household income ($66,585 vs $63,155 in Jonesborough). Jonesborough has the higher median home value ($247,900 vs $192,500 in Gray).

Population, income & housing

	Gray	Jonesborough
Population	1,606	6,056
Median age	50.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,585	$63,155
Median home value	$192,500	$247,900
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,103
Housing units	753	2,761
Homeownership rate	72.5%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gray	Jonesborough
Population	1,016 → 1,606 (+58.1%)	5,427 → 6,056 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$41,422 → $66,585 (+60.7%)	$56,550 → $63,155 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$171,900 → $192,500 (+12.0%)	$169,000 → $247,900 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $1,094 (+20.9%)	$952 → $1,103 (+15.9%)

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

Jonesborough

Population

5,4276,056

Median household income

$56,550$63,155

Median home value

$169,000$247,900

Median gross rent

$952$1,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gray	Jonesborough
Under 5	6.3%	1.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	19.9%
35 to 44	5.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	26.7%	11.0%
75 and over	6.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gray	Jonesborough
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gray	Jonesborough
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	36.2%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gray	Jonesborough
Drove alone	76.2%	67.4%
Carpooled	3.6%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	17.6%
Other means	4.7%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gray	Jonesborough
1-unit, detached	41.8%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	29.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	7.8%
20 or more units	14.6%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Gray	Jonesborough
Poverty rate	4.0%	13.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	2001	1988