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A town settled in 1894, now home to 813 people.
32% of residents are under 18 in Gray Court, above both South Carolina’s towns (22%) and U.S. towns (22%). Gray Court has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Gray Court-Owings School and Gray Court Downtown Historic District. Gray Court has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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Census counts: 181 in 1900, a peak of 1,021 in 2000, 763 in 2020. The archive holds 3 maps from 1957 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Gray Court, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Gray Court.
FEMA puts just over a third of Gray Court’s expected hazard losses down to cold waves, and 34% to inland flooding. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in four fifths of U.S. communities. Federal aid has come to Gray Court households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Laurens 55 school district. Gray Court’s only public school teaches 715 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Court-Owings Elementary/MiddleLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 715 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts
Home values are down 2.9% over the year to September 2026. The midpoint rent for Gray Court comes to $910 a month. Sellers in Gray Court got 99.5% of the asking price, typically.
| Gray Court | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $910 a month | $1,060 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 65% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Half of commuters travel less than 21 miles. Among residents in Gray Court, 19% live below the poverty line. For most workers, Gray Court is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Gray Court has added 59 jobs, to 277 in 2023.
| Gray Court | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 17% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 6.1% | 8% |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $57,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Gray Court, 81% of adults had a checkup this year. Of 32 CDC measures, Gray Court beats the South Carolina average on 1 and trails it on 12. 14% of adults in Gray Court binge drink; 26% say their health is fair or poor.
| Gray Court | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 12% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 23% | 19% |
| What stands out | Gray Court | SC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.2% | 8.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.8% | 13.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
None within 15 miles of Gray Court; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Gray Court residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
Town in South Carolina, United States
Gray Court is a town in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Gray Court had a population of 763. It is part of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Gray Court has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.