Gunbarrel vs Longmont

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

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

Longmont has the higher population (98,958 vs 10,424 in Gunbarrel). Gunbarrel has the higher median household income ($111,506 vs $89,724 in Longmont). Gunbarrel has the higher median home value ($789,200 vs $541,400 in Longmont).

Population, income & housing

	Gunbarrel	Longmont
Population	10,424	98,958
Median age	42.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$111,506	$89,724
Median home value	$789,200	$541,400
Median gross rent	$1,924	$1,755
Housing units	4,897	42,435
Homeownership rate	60.3%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.9%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gunbarrel	Longmont
Population	10,202 → 10,424 (+2.2%)	94,445 → 98,958 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$86,107 → $111,506 (+29.5%)	$74,242 → $89,724 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$531,900 → $789,200 (+48.4%)	$362,500 → $541,400 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,579 → $1,924 (+21.8%)	$1,340 → $1,755 (+31.0%)

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

Longmont

Population

94,44598,958

Median household income

$74,242$89,724

Median home value

$362,500$541,400

Median gross rent

$1,340$1,755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gunbarrel	Longmont
Under 5	5.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	18.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	16.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.6%
75 and over	6.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gunbarrel	Longmont
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	67.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.8%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gunbarrel	Longmont
No high school diploma	1.6%	8.0%
High school graduate	6.4%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	39.9%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	30.0%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gunbarrel	Longmont
Drove alone	58.5%	67.2%
Carpooled	1.6%	8.6%
Public transit	1.3%	1.9%
Walked	1.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.7%
Worked from home	34.5%	19.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gunbarrel	Longmont
1-unit, detached	48.7%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	13.4%
20 or more units	16.5%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Gunbarrel	Longmont
Poverty rate	9.4%	8.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1979	1990