Gray vs Spurgeon

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

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

Spurgeon has the higher population (3,749 vs 1,606 in Gray). Gray has the higher median household income ($66,585 vs $66,091 in Spurgeon). Spurgeon has the higher median home value ($197,500 vs $192,500 in Gray).

Population, income & housing

	Gray	Spurgeon
Population	1,606	3,749
Median age	50.8 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,585	$66,091
Median home value	$192,500	$197,500
Median gross rent	$1,094	$796
Housing units	753	1,967
Homeownership rate	72.5%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gray	Spurgeon
Population	1,016 → 1,606 (+58.1%)	4,666 → 3,749 (-19.7%)
Median household income	$41,422 → $66,585 (+60.7%)	$56,667 → $66,091 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$171,900 → $192,500 (+12.0%)	$150,400 → $197,500 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $1,094 (+20.9%)	$814 → $796 (-2.2%)

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

Spurgeon

Population

4,6663,749

Median household income

$56,667$66,091

Median home value

$150,400$197,500

Median gross rent

$814$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gray	Spurgeon
Under 5	6.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.8%	10.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	12.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	5.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.1%	21.9%
65 to 74	26.7%	8.6%
75 and over	6.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gray	Spurgeon
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gray	Spurgeon
No high school diploma	6.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	36.2%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gray	Spurgeon
Drove alone	76.2%	76.7%
Carpooled	3.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	17.4%
Other means	4.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gray	Spurgeon
1-unit, detached	41.8%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	29.7%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	12.9%
20 or more units	14.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Gray	Spurgeon
Poverty rate	4.0%	21.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	2001	1979