Gun Barrel City is home to 6,570 people in Texas. The median age is 50.8, about 12 years above the US median. Owners hold 91% of the housing stock. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 18% of adults. 2% of residents were born outside the United States. Growth has run 28% since 2000, or 1,425 more people.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $71,310, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 50.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
18% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 115%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Gun Barrel City
What changed most since 1990
White share93.9% → 90.1%(−3.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Population3,549 → 6,570(+85%)US over the same years: +35%
Homes owned by their occupants82.4% → 90.7%(+8.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Gun Barrel City's population equals 7.7% of Henderson County's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.4% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 2.4% 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)14.8%(79)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.3%(103)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.7%(180)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II11.8%(63)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 534 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
Gun Barrel City, decade by decade
Gun Barrel City 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
3,549
$50,106
$142,564
5.6%
14.7
2000
5,145
$54,786
$110,392
8.4%
17.9
2010
5,672
$52,823
$114,798
14.1%
23.9
2020
6,190
$63,575
$186,169
12.3%
37.0
2024
6,570
$71,310
$237,300
17.8%
23.1
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.
