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Jones County

Population in July 2007: 2,080.
Males: 992  (47.7%)
Females: 1,088  (52.3%)
Median resident age:  38.5 years
Georgia median age:  33.4 years

Zip codes: 31032.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $46,605 (it was $38,000 in 2000)
Gray:  $46,605
Georgia:  $49,136

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $143,669 (it was $80,400 in 2000)
Gray:  $143,669
Georgia:  $164,500

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $151,126; Detached houses: $148,539; Townhouses or other attached units: $463,712; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $205,649; Mobile homes: $33,851

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Races in Gray:

  • White Non-Hispanic (57.3%)
  • Black (40.2%)
  • Hispanic (0.9%)
  • Filipino (0.8%)
  • American Indian (0.8%)
  • Two or more races (0.7%)
  • Other race (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Gray: 79.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (22.4%), English (10.2%), Irish (6.2%), German (3.4%), Italian (1.8%), French (1.2%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 603 feet

Land area: 2.42 square miles.

Population density: 860 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Gray

  • High school or higher: 75.7%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.3%
  • Unemployed: 8.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 26.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Gray city

  • Never married: 24.9%
  • Now married: 48.1%
  • Separated: 4.2%
  • Widowed: 10.1%
  • Divorced: 12.7%

15 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.8%
Georgia:  7.1%



According to our research there were 7 registered sex offenders living in Gray, Georgia in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Gray to the number of sex offenders is 297 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Gray:  0.8% ($662)
Georgia:  0.9% ($919)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Macon, GA (14.5 miles , pop. 97,255).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Atlanta, GA (79.1 miles , pop. 416,474).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (674.0 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Gray-Griswold, GA (3.4 miles ), Round Oak, GA (7.6 miles ), Swift Creek, GA (13.3 miles ), Macon, GA (14.5 miles ), Payne, GA (14.7 miles) , Gordon, GA (16.1 miles ), Little River, GA (17.2 miles ), Ivey, GA (17.4 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1997: 0 buildings

Latitude: 33.01 N, Longitude: 83.53 W

Area code: 478

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Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (15%)
  • Repair and maintenance (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Beverage and tobacco products (6%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Transportation equipment (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (20%)
  • Educational services (17%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Registered nurses (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Child care workers (6%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (5%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)


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Crime in Gray (2002):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 1 robbery (52.8 per 100,000)
  • 2 assaults (105.7 per 100,000)
  • 18 burglaries (950.9 per 100,000)
  • 48 thefts (2535.7 per 100,000)
  • 8 auto thefts (422.6 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 238.8 (higher means more crime, US average = 328.4)

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 12 (11 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  5.29
US city average:  3.00

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Gray-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Georgia state average. It is 22% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/22/1992, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 13.2 miles away from the Gray city center killed 5 people and injured 86 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 4/30/1953, a category 4 tornado 28.6 miles away from the city center killed 18 people and injured 300 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


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Birthplace of: James Odoms - College basketball player (Mercer Bears).


Hospitals/medical centers near Gray:
  • COLISEUM PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; MACON, GA)
  • COLISEUM MEDICAL CENTERS (about 14 miles; MACON, GA)
  • HEALTHSOUTH CENTRAL GA REHAB HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; MACON, GA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Gray:
  • MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL (about 24 miles; MACON, GA; ID: MCN)
  • ROBINS AFB (about 27 miles; WARNER ROBINS, GA; ID: WRB)
  • ATHENS/BEN EPPS (about 66 miles; ATHENS, GA; ID: AHN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gray:
  • HERBERT SMART DOWNTOWN (about 14 miles; MACON, GA; ID: MAC)
  • BALDWIN COUNTY (about 23 miles; MILLEDGEVILLE, GA; ID: MLJ)
  • WARNER ROBINS AIR PARK (about 33 miles; WARNER ROBINS, GA; ID: 5A2)

Amtrak station near Gray:
  • 14 miles: MACON (GREYHOUND STA., 65 SPRING ST.) - Bus Station. Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, taxi stand.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Gray:
  • MERCER UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; MACON, GA; Full-time enrollment: 5,859)
  • MACON STATE COLLEGE (about 16 miles; MACON, GA; FT enrollment: 2,557)
  • CENTRAL GEORGIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 16 miles; MACON, GA; FT enrollment: 2,383)
  • GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 22 miles; MILLEDGEVILLE, GA; FT enrollment: 4,028)
  • FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; FT VALLEY, GA; FT enrollment: 2,233)
  • GORDON COLLEGE (about 43 miles; BARNESVILLE, GA; FT enrollment: 2,263)
  • UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (about 66 miles; ATHENS, GA; FT enrollment: 28,464)
Public high school in Gray:
Public elementary/middle schools in Gray:

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • Athens is 89 miles from Round Oak no matter which way you go to get there, so it stands to reason its even farther from Gray. Where did 66 miles come from?
  • The public high school has not been on railroad st. for quite some time now. I graduated from the one on Cumslo Rd. next to the Elementary School.

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Hotels: Gray Motel (112 East Clinton Street), Gray Days Inn (288 W Clinton St).

Courts: Council For Superior Court Judge (110 Jefferson Lane), Court Magistrate (Jefferson Street).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Gray and their reported violations in the past:

OLD CLINTON BAR B QUE (Population served: 35, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 3 routine major monitoring violations
  • One minor monitoring violation

Average household size:
This city:  2.5 people
Georgia:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  74.6%
Whole state:  70.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  2.3%
Whole state:  4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  17.9%
Whole state:  13.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  10.0%
Whole state:  6.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Gray, GA


People in group quarters in Gray
  • 76 people in nursing homes
  • 74 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded


Gray compared to Georgia state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Banks with branches in Gray (2007 data):
  • Bank of Eastman: Magnolia State Bank -gray at U.S. Highway 129, branch established on 1997-12-19. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $259.4 mil, Deposits: $218.6 mil, headquarters in Eastman, GA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: Magnolia Bankshares, Inc.
  • Piedmont Community Bank: at 110 Highway 18 Connector, branch established on 2002-07-22. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $141.0 mil, Deposits: $112.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2 total offices
  • Exchange Bank: The Gray Office at 4306 Gray Hwy, branch established on 1998-04-13. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $199.1 mil, Deposits: $164.6 mil, headquarters in Milledgeville, GA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Exchange Bankshares, Inc.
  • Security Bank of Jones County: Security Bank Of Jones County at 282 West Clinton Street, branch established on 1909-08-28. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $344.5 mil, Deposits: $263.2 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1 total offices, Holding Company: Security Bank Corporation



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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (63%)
  • Electricity (31%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
  • Wood (2%)

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Judicial and Legal 0$0 1$401
Sewerage 2$4,308$25,8480$0
Police Protection - Officers 8$18,691$28,0372$2,491
Police - Other 2$3,188$19,1280$0
Firefighters 0$0 1$500
Other Government Administration 2$4,618$27,7086$2,101
Water Supply 7$14,701$25,2020$0
Other and Unallocable 0$0 1$111
Streets and Highways 4$6,881$20,6430$0
Totals for Government 25$52,388$25,14611$5,604



Gray government finances in 2002:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,000
  • Charges - Sewerage: $293,000
    Solid Waste Management: $61,000
  • Current Operations - Water Utilities: $422,000
    Police Protection: $370,000
    Central Staff Services: $345,000
    Sewerage: $282,000
    Regular Highways: $139,000
    Solid Waste Management: $97,000
    Corrections - Other: $37,000
    Fire Protection: $30,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $23,000
    Parks & Recreation: $4,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $0
  • Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Corrections: $37,000
    Parks & Recreation: $4,000
    Regular Highways: $1,000
    Police Protection: $1,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $254,000
    All Other: $6,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $1,263,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $1,180,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $84,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $102,000
    Interest Earnings: $79,000
    Rents: $2,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $121,000
    Sewerage: $80,000
    Police Protection: $37,000
    General - Other: $18,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $448,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $440,000
  • Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $8,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $630,000
  • State Intergovernmental - All Other: $21,000
  • Tax - Public Utilities: $123,000
    Property: $82,000
    Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $71,000
    Other Selective Sales: $66,000
    NEC: $31,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $665,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $95,000

8.75% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,579 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.75%
Georgia average:  10.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Bibb County, GA  3.79% ($34,040 average AGI)
from Baldwin County, GA  0.60% ($42,732)
from Houston County, GA  0.40% ($31,838)


8.43% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,104 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.43%
Georgia average:  9.55%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Bibb County, GA  3.14% ($28,245 average AGI)
to Baldwin County, GA  0.52% ($26,604)
to Houston County, GA  0.43% ($33,100)


Strongest AM radio stations in Gray:
  • WMAC (940 AM; 50 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WXJO (1120 AM; daytime; 10 kW; GORDON, GA; Owner: ROBERTS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WLCG (1280 AM; 5 kW; MACON, GA)
  • WBML (900 AM; 2 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: WBML, INC.)
  • WNNG (1350 AM; 15 kW; WARNER ROBINS, GA; Owner: CHASE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WGUN (1010 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: WGUN, INC.)
  • WQXI (790 AM; 28 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF GEORGIA)
  • WAOK (1380 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WMLB (1160 AM; 50 kW; EAST POINT, GA; Owner: ATLANTA AREA BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WPGA (980 AM; 5 kW; PERRY, GA; Owner: RADIO PERRY, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Gray:
  • WAYS (105.5 FM; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WFXM (107.1 FM; GORDON, GA; Owner: ROBERTS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WDEN-FM (99.1 FM; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WYNF (96.5 FM; GRAY, GA; Owner: CLEVELAND RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
  • WPEZ (93.7 FM; JEFFERSONVILLE, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WBKG (88.9 FM; MACON, GA; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
  • WQMJ (100.1 FM; FORSYTH, GA; Owner: ROBERTS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WQBZ (106.3 FM; FORT VALLEY, GA; Owner: CLEVELAND RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
  • WMKS (92.3 FM; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WDCO-FM (89.7 FM; COCHRAN, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
  • W282AE (104.3 FM; MACON, GA; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WPWB (90.5 FM; BYRON, GA; Owner: AUGUSTA RADIO FELLOWSHIP INST., INC.)
  • WMGZ (97.7 FM; EATONTON, GA; Owner: MIDDLE GEORGIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WKZR (102.3 FM; MILLEDGEVILLE, GA; Owner: WMVG, INC.)
  • W203BH (88.5 FM; MACON, GA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • WRBV (101.7 FM; WARNER ROBINS, GA; Owner: CLEVELAND RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
  • WGUR (88.9 FM; MILLEDGEVILLE, GA; Owner: GEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE UNIVERSITY)

TV broadcast stations around Gray:
  • WDMA-LP (Channel 32; MACON, GA; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • WPGA-TV (Channel 58; PERRY, GA; Owner: RADIO PERRY, INC.)
  • WMGT-TV (Channel 41; MACON, GA; Owner: MORRIS NETWORK, INC.)
  • WMAZ-TV (Channel 13; MACON, GA; Owner: GANNETT GEORGIA, L.P.)
  • WGXA (Channel 24; MACON, GA; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF MACON LICENSE LLC)
  • WGNM (Channel 64; MACON, GA; Owner: GOOD NEWS TELEVISION)
  • WDCO-TV (Channel 29; COCHRAN, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)


Gray fatal accident list:
Jan 12, 2007 01:53 AM, Sr-11, Lat: 32.966664, Lon: -83.581511, Vehicles: 1, Fatalities: 1
Nov 16, 2005 11:15 AM, Sr-11, Vehicles: 3, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Nov 7, 1997 11:23 AM, Sr11, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Mar 10, 1994 03:03 AM, 294, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1

FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 3 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Gray)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 13 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Gray, GA)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 16 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 5
  • GRAY, Rt 1 Box 1656, Overall height: 103.6 m, Call Sign: WMR526, Licensee ID: L00128388
    Assigned Frequencies : 2118.40 MHz
    Grant Date: 02/06/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancelation Date: 09/20/2001, Certifier: Charles Featherstun
    Registrant: American Cellular Communications LLC
  • GRAY, Rt 1 Box 1656, Overall height: 103.6 m, Call Sign: WMT344, Licensee ID: L00002207
    Assigned Frequencies : 2128.00 MHz
    Grant Date: 03/13/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011
    Registrant: Metronet Communications, 14 S Bryn Mawr Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
  • STATION, Us 129 Gray Hwy At Gray City Limits, Overall height: 91.1 m, Call Sign: WNEK422
    Assigned Frequencies : 952.537 MHz, 928.537 MHz
    Grant Date: 08/17/2000, Expiration Date: 09/27/2010
    Registrant: Phone: (912) 742-7384
  • STATION, Open Field E Of Us129, Overall height: 128 m, Call Sign: WNTS265
    Assigned Frequencies : 952.543 MHz, 928.543 MHz
    Grant Date: 09/01/1998, Expiration Date: 08/16/2008, Cancelation Date: 10/18/2008
    Registrant: Phone: (912) 986-3134
  • Upper River Rd, Structure height: 143.3 m, Overall height: 147.8 m, Call Sign: WPOP743
    Assigned Frequencies : 6670.00 MHz
    Grant Date: 09/02/1998, Expiration Date: 09/02/2008
    Registrant: Phone: (912) 751-9110

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 46 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Gray)

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1
  • Aircraft: CESSNA 182M (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 119 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 837JB , Serial Number: 18259845, Year manufactured: 1969, Airworthiness Date: 05/19/1969
    Registrant (Co-Owned): Hugh S Allegood, 309 Creekside Dr, Gray, GA 31032

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