With 10,051 people, Gunbarrel is a city in Colorado. 70% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, against 36% nationally. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $821,000. That puts it in the top 5% of US cities for household income. At a median age of 43.3, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Density works out to 1,609 people per square mile.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $109,407, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 43.3
US median: 38.9
More educated
70% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 75%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Gunbarrel
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$331,930 → $821,000(+147%)US over the same years: +67%
Homes owned by their occupants68.4% → 63.1%(−5.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Poverty rate4.0% → 8.8%(+4.8 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Gunbarrel's population equals 3.1% of Boulder County's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.2% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 4.3% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)38.9%(115)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.9%(59)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era32.1%(95)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.4%(4)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 296 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Gunbarrel, decade by decade
Gunbarrel population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
9,392
$118,983
$331,930
52.6%
16.4
2000
9,435
$122,091
$470,169
61.5%
22.7
2010
9,263
$109,094
$537,738
69.0%
25.8
2020
9,554
$106,600
$689,529
67.8%
36.5
2024
10,051
$109,407
$821,000
70.4%
41.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
