Grayson, Louisiana.
Typical home $152,029 (+11.1% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — $7 (-1%) since Nov 2023.
- 1 year
- Up $15,193 +11%
- $136,836$152,029 since Sep 2025
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Grayson$798
- Louisiana$1,123
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Grayson, LA rose 11.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Grayson, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Grayson is a village of 449 people in Caldwell Parish. Unemployment in Caldwell Parish was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Caldwell Parish work in schools and health care, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Grayson is a small village in Caldwell Parish, home to far fewer people than most towns. Homes here are priced well below what is typical across much of the country, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild, with the coldest days in January still pleasant by northern standards and snow a rarity, while summers are hot, with August the warmest month, and the year brings plenty of rain.
Work. Residents mostly work in schools, hospitals and social care, the building trades, manufacturing and shops. Across Caldwell Parish, the largest workplaces include Caldwell Parish Schools, Citizens Medical Center and Caldwell Memorial Hospital. Unemployment across the parish is lower than a year ago, though the number of jobs has slipped slightly.
Things to do. Close by, Wade Landing Mound is an archaeological site a short drive away, and Boeuf Wildlife Management Area is a protected area also a short drive off. A longer drive brings you to Watson Brake, another archaeological site, and to Sandy Lake, good for a day by the water.
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- 6%of adults have a degree
What people in Caldwell Parish work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Caldwell Parish had 2,233 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 57° and lows near 37°; warmest in August, with highs near 93° and lows near 72°. About 59 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Columbia Lock weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Caldwell Parish
- Caldwell Parish SchoolsSchool district202FTE
- Citizens Medical CenterGeneral hospital114FTE
- Haven Nursing CenterSkilled nursing facilities100
- Caldwell Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital63FTE
- Brookshire'sSupermarkets and other grocery retailers58
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 158 people in all across the county; Grayson has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Grayson’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Caldwell Parish.
Grayson home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Grayson$152,029
- Louisiana$213,867
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Grayson8
Zip codes with a Grayson address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Grayson — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.