With 3,778 people, Grayson is a city in Kentucky. The poverty rate is 37.9%, above the 12.5% national rate. Owners hold 39% of the housing stock. This skews young, with a median age of 30.3. Households here earn about 57% less than in Kentucky as a whole. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 19% of adults.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $27,542, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 30.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 41%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Grayson
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants64.2% → 39.0%(−25.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Poverty rate26.4% → 37.9%(+11.5 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree13.1% → 18.7%(+5.6 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Grayson's population equals 14% of Carter County's. Its number of households without a car equals 34% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 28% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)26.2%(33)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era61.1%(77)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.6%(7)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 126 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Grayson, decade by decade
Grayson population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,510
$38,209
$102,723
13.1%
2.5
2000
3,877
$35,856
$97,094
11.6%
5.5
2010
4,217
$36,035
$124,724
14.1%
18.9
2020
3,834
$32,280
$151,141
12.3%
25.7
2024
3,778
$27,542
$136,900
18.7%
26.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
