Census Reporter

Gunnison, CO

6,403 Population
4.2 square miles 1,529.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.4 ±1.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Gunnison County: 34.5 ±0.8
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Colorado: 36.7 ±0.2

Economics

$23,854 ±$2,566 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Gunnison County: $32,191 ±$2,145
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $38,226 ±$173
$40,893 ±$10,266 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Gunnison County: $56,577 ±$5,212
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $72,331 ±$370

22.9% ±6.4% (1,306  ±365) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Gunnison County: 13.4% † 2,154 (±3% / ±488)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 10.3% 565,873 (±0.1% / ±7,890)

13.3 minutes ±2.3 (50,640  ±9,670) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gunnison County: 15.6 † 140,775 (±1.7 / ±16,577)
  • about half the figure in Colorado: 25.8 68,344,730 (±0.1 / ±304,616)

Families

2,447 ±266 Number of households
  • Gunnison County: 6,616 ±333
  • Colorado: 2,148,994 ±5,236
2.3 ±0.3 (5,716  ±87) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Gunnison County: 2.4 15,947 (±0.1 / ±93)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,490,688 (±0)

3% ±2.7% (60  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gunnison County: 2.6% † 110 (±1.5% / ±66)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 5.1% 69,064 (±0.1% / ±1,964)

Housing

2,678 ±240 Number of housing units
  • Gunnison County: 11,955 ±42
  • Colorado: 2,386,475 ±846

$244,500 ±$31,242 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gunnison County: $367,300 ±$21,901
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $343,300 ±$911

36.7% ±7.3% (2,327  ±463.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gunnison County: 23.7% † 3,951 (±3.8% / ±641)
  • about double the rate in Colorado: 18% 996,893 (±0.2% / ±12,179.6)

Social

98.3% ±10.9% (3,202  ±415.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gunnison County: 97.4% 10,323 (±5.6% / ±618)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 91.8% 3,509,828 (±0.3% / ±12,607.7)
56.2% ±8.8% (1,829  ±311) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gunnison County: 56.2% 5,959 (±4% / ±431.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 40.9% 1,565,134 (±0.2% / ±8,175)

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

2.3% ±1.7% (150  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Gunnison County: 3.8% † 637 (±0.9% / ±152)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 9.7% 546,513 (±0.1% / ±7,055)

6% ±2.7% (343  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Gunnison County: 5.7% † 793 (±1.4% / ±192)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 8.7% 373,795 (±0.1% / ±4,146)
343 Total veterans ±155 257 Male ±88 86 Female ±100

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