Gray is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 5,518 people and four associated neighborhoods, Gray is the 84th largest community in Louisiana.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Gray is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gray is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gray who work in management occupations (15.11%), sales jobs (14.23%), and healthcare suport services (8.07%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Gray has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Gray has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gray than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gray may be for you.The rate of college-level education in Gray is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.32% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Gray in 2022 was $26,453, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,812 for a family of four. However, Gray contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gray is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gray home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gray residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gray include French, French Canadian, Scots-Irish, Scottish, and German. The most common language spoken in Gray is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Vietnamese.
