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Gunnison, CO

6,459 Population
4.8 square miles 1,332.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Gunnison County: 36.1 ±0.9
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Colorado: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,824 ±$3,108 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gunnison County: $37,642 ±$2,383
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $42,807 ±$230
$46,324 ±$10,883 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Gunnison County: $63,341 ±$3,338
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $80,184 ±$450

25.2% ±7.3% (1,426  ±418) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Gunnison County: 13% † 2,080 (±2.7% / ±425)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 535,976 (±0.2% / ±9,772)

17 minutes ±3.1 (62,895  ±13,036) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Gunnison County: 16.4 143,885 (±1.3 / ±14,050)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Colorado: 25.8 65,671,540 (±0.1 / ±404,363)

Families

2,502 ±226 Number of households
  • Gunnison County: 7,100 ±318
  • Colorado: 2,227,932 ±3,823
2.3 ±0.2 (5,738  ±145) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Gunnison County: 2.3 15,980 (±0.1 / ±166)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,608,531

1.6% ±1.8% (33  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gunnison County: 1.9% † 80 (±1.3% / ±54)
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 67,425 (±0.2% / ±2,062)

Housing

2,790 ±222 Number of housing units
  • Gunnison County: 12,006 ±79
  • Colorado: 2,454,873 ±585

$286,400 ±$28,268 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gunnison County: $435,800 ±$40,961
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $397,500 ±$1,244

31.4% ±7.1% (2,018  ±457.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gunnison County: 20.2% † 3,388 (±3.3% / ±550.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Colorado: 17.3% 977,445 (±0.2% / ±12,877.5)

Social

99.1% ±11.2% (3,131  ±395.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gunnison County: 98% 10,699 (±5.7% / ±650)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.4% 3,636,420 (±0.4% / ±14,055.8)
55.8% ±9.1% (1,764  ±304.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gunnison County: 56.7% 6,196 (±4.3% / ±481.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 42.8% 1,686,169 (±0.2% / ±9,235.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.3% ±1.8% (146  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Gunnison County: 3.8% † 633 (±1.5% / ±253)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 9.5% 545,464 (±0.1% / ±7,091)

7.1% ±2.5% (398  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gunnison County: 6.1% † 862 (±1.4% / ±193)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 8.3% 365,440 (±0.1% / ±4,311)
398 Total veterans ±139 348 Male ±122 50 Female ±69

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