What is the median rent in Gray, GA?

Name: Median rent in Gray, GA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Gray, GA is $921 (±$178) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 364 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Gray, the median gross rent went from $897 in 2015–2019 to $921 in 2020–2024 (+2.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $921 (±$178)
Rented homes: 364 (±139)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%
Since 2015–2019: +2.7%

How much rent costs in Gray

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Gray	Jones County	Georgia	United States
Less than $500	3.3% (±5.4 points)	1.8%	5.7%	6.3%
$500 to $999	59.3% (±21.1 points)	52.9%	21.1%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	37.4% (±20.0 points)	36.8%	29.3%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±12.2 points)	3.1%	25.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±12.2 points)	5.3%	12.0%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±12.2 points)	0.0%	3.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±12.2 points)	0.0%	2.5%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 59.3% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Gray cost $2,000 or more a month.

Gray against Jones County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Gray	Jones County	Georgia	United States
Median gross rent	$921 (±$178)	$964 (±$85)	$1,393 (±$6)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	364 (±139)	1,526 (±303)	1,324,542 (±9,876)	42,849,984

In Gray, median gross rent is not measurably different from Jones County ($964).

It is also lower than in Georgia ($1,393).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Statewide, it ranks 307 of 543.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Gray has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$897 (±$117)	$921 (±$178)	+2.7%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	41.1% (±9.2 points)	28.4% (±9.2 points)	−12.7 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±7.7 points)	0.0% (±11.3 points)	0.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Gray

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Gray
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Gray	—	$921 (±$178)	—
Gordon	14 mi	$646 (±$370)	Not measurably different
Ivey	15 mi	$771 (±$243)	Not measurably different
Macon	16 mi	$1,066 (±$25)	Not measurably different
Hardwick	17 mi	$930 (±$75)	Not measurably different
Milledgeville	18 mi	$913 (±$66)	Not measurably different
McIntyre	22 mi	$868 (±$77)	Not measurably different
Monticello	22 mi	$1,056 (±$110)	Not measurably different
Forsyth	23 mi	$925 (±$62)	Not measurably different

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Gray

What is the average rent in Gray, GA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Gray is $921 (±$178) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Gray?

In Gray, the median gross rent went from $897 in 2015–2019 to $921 in 2020–2024 (+2.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Gray cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Gray have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 3.3% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Gray higher than in Jones County?

In Gray, median gross rent is not measurably different from Jones County ($964).

It is also lower than in Georgia ($1,393).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Gray city, Georgia (place:34512, in state:13).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.