Gunbarrel vs Lyons

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

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

Gunbarrel has the higher population (10,424 vs 1,927 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($132,589 vs $111,506 in Gunbarrel). Lyons has the higher median home value ($855,000 vs $789,200 in Gunbarrel).

Population, income & housing

	Gunbarrel	Lyons
Population	10,424	1,927
Median age	42.1 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$111,506	$132,589
Median home value	$789,200	$855,000
Median gross rent	$1,924	$1,962
Housing units	4,897	792
Homeownership rate	60.3%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.9%	76.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gunbarrel	Lyons
Population	10,202 → 10,424 (+2.2%)	2,228 → 1,927 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$86,107 → $111,506 (+29.5%)	$103,533 → $132,589 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$531,900 → $789,200 (+48.4%)	$577,200 → $855,000 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,579 → $1,924 (+21.8%)	$1,313 → $1,962 (+49.4%)

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

Lyons

Population

2,2281,927

Median household income

$103,533$132,589

Median home value

$577,200$855,000

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gunbarrel	Lyons
Under 5	5.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	9.4%	24.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	1.9%
25 to 34	18.2%	1.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	19.1%
45 to 54	16.1%	22.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.9%
75 and over	6.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gunbarrel	Lyons
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.1%
Two or more races	7.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gunbarrel	Lyons
No high school diploma	1.6%	1.3%
High school graduate	6.4%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.9%	39.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.0%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gunbarrel	Lyons
Drove alone	58.5%	52.4%
Carpooled	1.6%	11.1%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	4.0%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.5%	32.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gunbarrel	Lyons
1-unit, detached	48.7%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	3.5%
20 or more units	16.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Gunbarrel	Lyons
Poverty rate	9.4%	8.7%
Average household size	2.17	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1979	1998