Grayson is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Grayson enrolled in college, Grayson has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Being a small city, Grayson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Grayson is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.88% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Grayson in 2018 was $17,077, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $68,308 for a family of four. However, Grayson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Grayson also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 50.31% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Grayson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grayson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Grayson include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Grayson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
