About Gray

Gray is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Maine. With a population of 6,820 people and just one neighborhood, Gray is the 63rd largest community in Maine.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Gray is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gray is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gray who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.16%), sales jobs (10.06%), and management occupations (9.62%).

One of the nice things about Gray is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities. This is definately true of Gray, which supports a strong tourist economy.

Gray is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Gray isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.74% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Gray does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Gray Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Gray is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 27.97% of adults in Gray have a college degree.

The per capita income in Gray in 2000 was $22,050, which is wealthy relative to Maine, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,200 for a family of four. However, Gray contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Gray home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Gray is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gray include English, Irish, French, French Canadian, Italian, German, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Gray is English. Some people also speak French.