Moving to Gunnison, Colorado
About Gunnison, Colorado

Gunnison is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Gunnison County, Colorado. The city population was 6,560 at the 2020 United States census. The city was named in honor of John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer who surveyed for a transcontinental railroad in 1853. Gunnison is home to Western Colorado University, the first university established in Colorado's Western Slope region.
Gender
Gender | Gunnison | Colorado | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Female | 46.8% | 49.7% | 50.8% |
Male | 53.2% | 50.3% | 49.2% |
Gender
Female Male
Household Income
< $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more
Income | Gunnison | Colorado | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Less than $10,000 | 7.1% | 4.5% | 5.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 10.1% | 3.1% | 4.1% |
$15,000 to $24,999 | 11.1% | 6.6% | 8.5% |
$25,000 to $34,999 | 12.1% | 7.2% | 8.6% |
$35,000 to $49,999 | 13.8% | 11% | 12.0% |
$50,000 to $74,999 | 19.3% | 17.4% | 17.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 9% | 13.6% | 12.8% |
$100,000 to $149,999 | 12.4% | 18.2% | 15.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 4.6% | 8.7% | 7.1% |
$200,000 or more | 0.50000000000001% | 9.6% | 8.3% |
Education
< 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree
Education | Gunnison | Colorado | Country |
---|---|---|---|
< 9th Grade | 1% | 3% | 5.0% |
9-12th Grade | 1% | 5% | 7.0% |
High School or GED | 23% | 21% | 27.0% |
Other College | 11% | 21% | 20.0% |
Associate's Degree | 7% | 9% | 9% |
Bachelor's Degree | 40% | 26% | 20.0% |
Master's Degree | 12% | 11% | 9.0% |
Professional Degree | 3% | 2% | 2.0% |
Doctorate Degree | 2% | 2% | 1.0% |
Household Income
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Race / Ethnicity
White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other
Ethnicity | Gunnison | Colorado | Country |
---|---|---|---|
White | 87.4% | 67.5% | 60.1% |
African American | 0.4% | 3.9% | 12.2% |
American Indian | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
Asian | 0% | 3.1% | 5.6% |
Hawaiian | 0% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Other | 0% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
Multiracial | 2.7% | 2.9% | 2.8% |
Hispanic | 9.4% | 21.7% | 18.2% |
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