Grays Prairie vs Oak Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Grays Prairie and Oak Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Grays Prairie and Oak Ridge are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oak Ridge has the higher population (811 vs 378 in Grays Prairie). Grays Prairie has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $92,750 in Oak Ridge). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($318,400 vs $291,700 in Grays Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Grays Prairie	Oak Ridge
Population	378	811
Median age	45.3 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$118,750	$92,750
Median home value	$291,700	$318,400
Median gross rent	$675	$1,054
Housing units	125	259
Homeownership rate	92.9%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grays Prairie	Oak Ridge
Population	292 → 378 (+29.5%)	698 → 811 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$86,875 → $118,750 (+36.7%)	$86,250 → $92,750 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$163,500 → $291,700 (+78.4%)	$189,300 → $318,400 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $675 (-40.0%)	$794 → $1,054 (+32.7%)

Grays Prairie

Population

292378

Median household income

$86,875$118,750

Median home value

$163,500$291,700

Median gross rent

$1,125$675

Oak Ridge

Population

698811

Median household income

$86,250$92,750

Median home value

$189,300$318,400

Median gross rent

$794$1,054

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grays Prairie	Oak Ridge
Under 5	4.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	10.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	16.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	9.3%	15.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	16.3%
45 to 54	23.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.6%
75 and over	3.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grays Prairie	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	49.1%
Black or African American	6.1%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	3.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	36.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grays Prairie	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	19.2%	12.2%
High school graduate	33.0%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grays Prairie	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	67.9%	70.7%
Carpooled	20.7%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grays Prairie	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	60.8%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.6%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Grays Prairie	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	2.4%	2.5%
Average household size	3.35	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	56	42
Median year structure built	1989	2000