Eagle vs Gypsum

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

Eagle 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 7,479 in Eagle). Gypsum has the higher median household income ($124,534 vs $103,850 in Eagle). Eagle has the higher median home value ($693,600 vs $553,600 in Gypsum).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle	Gypsum
Population	7,479	8,481
Median age	36.0 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,850	$124,534
Median home value	$693,600	$553,600
Median gross rent	$1,706	$2,198
Housing units	2,701	2,607
Homeownership rate	68.9%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle	Gypsum
Population	6,856 → 7,479 (+9.1%)	7,173 → 8,481 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$97,806 → $103,850 (+6.2%)	$78,872 → $124,534 (+57.9%)
Median home value	$532,800 → $693,600 (+30.2%)	$364,400 → $553,600 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,427 → $1,706 (+19.6%)	$1,730 → $2,198 (+27.1%)

Eagle

Population

6,8567,479

Median household income

$97,806$103,850

Median home value

$532,800$693,600

Median gross rent

$1,427$1,706

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)

	Eagle	Gypsum
Under 5	6.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	19.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	16.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.8%
75 and over	3.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle	Gypsum
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	44.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	31.7%	55.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle	Gypsum
No high school diploma	6.8%	16.2%
High school graduate	19.6%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	42.0%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle	Gypsum
Drove alone	84.8%	75.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle	Gypsum
1-unit, detached	53.1%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	4.9%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Eagle	Gypsum
Poverty rate	7.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.88	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1999	1990