Gray vs Oak Grove

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

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

Oak Grove has the higher population (4,483 vs 1,606 in Gray). Gray has the higher median household income ($66,585 vs $63,625 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($241,100 vs $192,500 in Gray).

Population, income & housing

	Gray	Oak Grove
Population	1,606	4,483
Median age	50.8 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,585	$63,625
Median home value	$192,500	$241,100
Median gross rent	$1,094	$833
Housing units	753	2,067
Homeownership rate	72.5%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gray	Oak Grove
Population	1,016 → 1,606 (+58.1%)	4,458 → 4,483 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$41,422 → $66,585 (+60.7%)	$44,747 → $63,625 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$171,900 → $192,500 (+12.0%)	$175,300 → $241,100 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $1,094 (+20.9%)	$682 → $833 (+22.1%)

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

Oak Grove

Population

4,4584,483

Median household income

$44,747$63,625

Median home value

$175,300$241,100

Median gross rent

$682$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gray	Oak Grove
Under 5	6.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	5.4%	7.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	26.7%	17.3%
75 and over	6.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gray	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gray	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	36.2%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gray	Oak Grove
Drove alone	76.2%	90.7%
Carpooled	3.6%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	7.2%
Other means	4.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gray	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	41.8%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	29.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	6.6%
20 or more units	14.6%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Gray	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	4.0%	9.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	2001	1987