Grays Prairie vs Scurry

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

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

Scurry has the higher population (720 vs 378 in Grays Prairie). Grays Prairie has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $108,125 in Scurry). Scurry has the higher median home value ($309,500 vs $291,700 in Grays Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Grays Prairie	Scurry
Population	378	720
Median age	45.3 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$118,750	$108,125
Median home value	$291,700	$309,500
Median gross rent	$675	$1,227
Housing units	125	255
Homeownership rate	92.9%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grays Prairie	Scurry
Population	292 → 378 (+29.5%)	464 → 720 (+55.2%)
Median household income	$86,875 → $118,750 (+36.7%)	$58,438 → $108,125 (+85.0%)
Median home value	$163,500 → $291,700 (+78.4%)	$180,400 → $309,500 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $675 (-40.0%)	$788 → $1,227 (+55.7%)

Grays Prairie

Population

292378

Median household income

$86,875$118,750

Median home value

$163,500$291,700

Median gross rent

$1,125$675

Scurry

Population

464720

Median household income

$58,438$108,125

Median home value

$180,400$309,500

Median gross rent

$788$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grays Prairie	Scurry
Under 5	4.0%	10.1%
5 to 17	10.8%	23.5%
18 to 24	16.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	21.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	23.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	7.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	5.0%
75 and over	3.2%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grays Prairie	Scurry
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	88.2%
Black or African American	6.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grays Prairie	Scurry
No high school diploma	19.2%	3.1%
High school graduate	33.0%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grays Prairie	Scurry
Drove alone	67.9%	83.2%
Carpooled	20.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grays Prairie	Scurry
1-unit, detached	60.8%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.6%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Grays Prairie	Scurry
Poverty rate	2.4%	8.5%
Average household size	3.35	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	56	44
Median year structure built	1989	1998