Avon vs Gypsum

A side-by-side comparison of Avon and Gypsum: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gypsum has the higher population (8,481 vs 6,057 in Avon). Gypsum has the higher median household income ($124,534 vs $85,364 in Avon). Avon has the higher median home value ($689,000 vs $553,600 in Gypsum).

Population, income & housing

	Avon	Gypsum
Population	6,057	8,481
Median age	35.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,364	$124,534
Median home value	$689,000	$553,600
Median gross rent	$2,132	$2,198
Housing units	4,360	2,607
Homeownership rate	46.0%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon	Gypsum
Population	6,539 → 6,057 (-7.4%)	7,173 → 8,481 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$76,303 → $85,364 (+11.9%)	$78,872 → $124,534 (+57.9%)
Median home value	$477,900 → $689,000 (+44.2%)	$364,400 → $553,600 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,401 → $2,132 (+52.2%)	$1,730 → $2,198 (+27.1%)

Avon

Population

6,5396,057

Median household income

$76,303$85,364

Median home value

$477,900$689,000

Median gross rent

$1,401$2,132

Gypsum

Population

7,1738,481

Median household income

$78,872$124,534

Median home value

$364,400$553,600

Median gross rent

$1,730$2,198

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon	Gypsum
Under 5	6.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	24.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	18.2%	16.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	8.5%
65 to 74	2.6%	9.8%
75 and over	2.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon	Gypsum
White (non-Hispanic)	59.8%	44.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	26.5%	55.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon	Gypsum
No high school diploma	3.7%	16.2%
High school graduate	19.2%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon	Gypsum
Drove alone	69.8%	75.6%
Carpooled	10.8%	16.3%
Public transit	9.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	8.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon	Gypsum
1-unit, detached	19.3%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	24.4%	10.7%
20 or more units	37.1%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Avon	Gypsum
Poverty rate	12.1%	6.7%
Average household size	2.48	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1992	1990