Georgia · Census place 1334596

Grayson, Georgia

Grayson is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia with an estimated 5,252 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 141st largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,252
#141 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+12.7%
+590 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
2,152 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Grayson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Grayson population, 2020 to 2024

Grayson added 590 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.7%. In the latest year it moved by +239. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 35th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Grayson is 32% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,667. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Grayson covers 2.44 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 2,152 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Grayson is denser than the typical town.

What county Grayson is in

All of Grayson's residents live in Gwinnett County, which had 1,003,869 residents in 2024. Grayson holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Grayson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Grayson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30017. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Grayson is

The Census internal point of Grayson is at 33.890800, -83.958100. Atlanta, the capital, is 26.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Snellville, GA (22,336 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 23.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.890800, -83.958100
DMS
33°53'26.88"N 83°57'29.16"W
UTM
17N 226430.5E 3753988.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
865RV2RR+8Q

Daylight in Grayson

At 33.89° N, Grayson gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Grayson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Snellville, 3.5 miles away, with 22,336 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Grayson, GA?

5,252 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 590 (12.7%) from 4,662 in July 2020.

What county is Grayson in?

Gwinnett County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Grayson?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30017.

How far is Grayson from Atlanta?

26.6 miles (42.7 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Grayson.

What is the nearest larger city to Grayson?

Snellville, GA, with 22,336 residents, 3.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.