Gunbarrel vs Niwot

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

Gunbarrel and Niwot 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 3,773 in Niwot). Niwot has the higher median household income ($141,621 vs $111,506 in Gunbarrel). Niwot has the higher median home value ($868,400 vs $789,200 in Gunbarrel).

Population, income & housing

	Gunbarrel	Niwot
Population	10,424	3,773
Median age	42.1 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$111,506	$141,621
Median home value	$789,200	$868,400
Median gross rent	$1,924	$1,395
Housing units	4,897	1,577
Homeownership rate	60.3%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.9%	64.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gunbarrel	Niwot
Population	10,202 → 10,424 (+2.2%)	3,870 → 3,773 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$86,107 → $111,506 (+29.5%)	$118,914 → $141,621 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$531,900 → $789,200 (+48.4%)	$677,600 → $868,400 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,579 → $1,924 (+21.8%)	$1,122 → $1,395 (+24.3%)

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

Niwot

Population

3,8703,773

Median household income

$118,914$141,621

Median home value

$677,600$868,400

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,395

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gunbarrel	Niwot
Under 5	5.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	9.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	18.2%	3.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	24.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	15.8%
75 and over	6.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gunbarrel	Niwot
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	3.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gunbarrel	Niwot
No high school diploma	1.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	6.4%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.9%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	30.0%	32.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gunbarrel	Niwot
Drove alone	58.5%	64.2%
Carpooled	1.6%	3.9%
Public transit	1.3%	1.6%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.5%	28.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gunbarrel	Niwot
1-unit, detached	48.7%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	13.6%
20 or more units	16.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Gunbarrel	Niwot
Poverty rate	9.4%	6.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1979	1981