Gray vs Telford

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

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

Gray has the higher population (1,606 vs 875 in Telford). Telford has the higher median household income ($70,446 vs $66,585 in Gray). Telford has the higher median home value ($221,300 vs $192,500 in Gray).

Population, income & housing

	Gray	Telford
Population	1,606	875
Median age	50.8 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,585	$70,446
Median home value	$192,500	$221,300
Median gross rent	$1,094	—
Housing units	753	347
Homeownership rate	72.5%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gray	Telford
Population	1,016 → 1,606 (+58.1%)	1,227 → 875 (-28.7%)
Median household income	$41,422 → $66,585 (+60.7%)	$40,833 → $70,446 (+72.5%)
Median home value	$171,900 → $192,500 (+12.0%)	$90,400 → $221,300 (+144.8%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $1,094 (+20.9%)	—

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

Telford

Population

1,227875

Median household income

$40,833$70,446

Median home value

$90,400$221,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gray	Telford
Under 5	6.3%	8.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	4.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	6.5%
35 to 44	5.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	15.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	27.1%
65 to 74	26.7%	18.7%
75 and over	6.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gray	Telford
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gray	Telford
No high school diploma	6.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	36.2%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gray	Telford
Drove alone	76.2%	64.9%
Carpooled	3.6%	22.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	12.9%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gray	Telford
1-unit, detached	41.8%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	29.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	36.6%

Poverty & households

	Gray	Telford
Poverty rate	4.0%	0.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	30	14
Median year structure built	2001	1995