Boulder vs Gunbarrel

A side-by-side comparison of Boulder and Gunbarrel: population, income, housing, and more.

Boulder and Gunbarrel are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Boulder has the higher population (106,274 vs 10,424 in Gunbarrel). Gunbarrel has the higher median household income ($111,506 vs $85,364 in Boulder). Boulder has the higher median home value ($982,600 vs $789,200 in Gunbarrel).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder	Gunbarrel
Population	106,274	10,424
Median age	28.8 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,364	$111,506
Median home value	$982,600	$789,200
Median gross rent	$1,924	$1,924
Housing units	46,765	4,897
Homeownership rate	47.9%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.8%	69.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder	Gunbarrel
Population	106,392 → 106,274 (-0.1%)	10,202 → 10,424 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$69,520 → $85,364 (+22.8%)	$86,107 → $111,506 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$700,000 → $982,600 (+40.4%)	$531,900 → $789,200 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,554 → $1,924 (+23.8%)	$1,579 → $1,924 (+21.8%)

Boulder

Population

106,392106,274

Median household income

$69,520$85,364

Median home value

$700,000$982,600

Median gross rent

$1,554$1,924

Gunbarrel

Population

10,20210,424

Median household income

$86,107$111,506

Median home value

$531,900$789,200

Median gross rent

$1,579$1,924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder	Gunbarrel
Under 5	2.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	9.8%	9.4%
18 to 24	31.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	16.2%	18.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.3%
75 and over	5.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder	Gunbarrel
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	84.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.8%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder	Gunbarrel
No high school diploma	3.1%	1.6%
High school graduate	6.4%	6.4%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.9%	39.9%
Graduate or professional degree	39.9%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder	Gunbarrel
Drove alone	41.9%	58.5%
Carpooled	3.6%	1.6%
Public transit	5.9%	1.3%
Walked	8.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	7.6%	1.9%
Worked from home	31.6%	34.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder	Gunbarrel
1-unit, detached	39.2%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	18.6%
20 or more units	24.2%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boulder	Gunbarrel
Poverty rate	21.8%	9.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1978	1979