Gunnison County, Colorado

Gunnison County has a population of 17,241 and has grown 3.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $621,800, about 7.4 times the county's median household income of $84,527.

Home price
$621,800
Income
$84,527
Population
17,241
Unemployment
4.7%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$621,800county
Median gross rent$1,252county
Median year homes here were built1987county
Share of homes built before 198039.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant32.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented33.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use26.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,983(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,334county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,149county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,855county
Home insurance / yr$4,963(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living102.7(statewide)
Median household income$84,527county
Family health premium / yr$24,974(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,840(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.998(statewide)
Poverty rate11.3%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home18.5%county
Unemployment rate4.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force72.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.5%county
Share of workers employed by government20.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry20.6%county
Economic output per resident$90,247county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.29%county
Top state income tax4.40%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.40%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.89%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time20.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service8.7 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport58804county
Miles to nearest general aviation field38 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station65 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.4%county
Traffic deaths23.2county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-0.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher64.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher97.6%county
Public schools in the county7county
Public school enrollment2095county
Students per full-time teacher15.2county
Free lunch eligible33.2%county
Elementary schools2county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution8.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians87county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter4.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.0%county
Frequent mental distress15.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity12.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes6.4%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population17,241county
Land area in square miles3,239county
People per square mile of land5.3county
Supermarkets and grocery stores7county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store16.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+3.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age37.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1815.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.1%county
Share of households that are one person31.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.7%county
Second languages5.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls32.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents118county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-2county
Households that moved in680county
Households that moved away661county
Average income of arriving households$95,603county
Average income of departing households$73,316county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes11county
Housing units authorised in the latest year138county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings1.4%county
Violent crime rate476(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature40.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation17.7 incounty
Annual snowfall111.8 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.65 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F0 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing218 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days97 dayscounty
Average last spring frostJun 10county
Average first fall frostSep 15county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$107county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh15.0¢county
Household electricity use716 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$12.77(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity32.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas37.6%county
Homes heated by propane15.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood12.2%county
Households with broadband92.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk57.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk34.9county
Landslide risk97.4county
Hail risk4.3county
Earthquake risk41.2county
Tornado risk6.2county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk2.3county
Winter weather risk38.1county
Strong wind risk4.2county
Wildfire risk70.2county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Gunnison County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Colorado figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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