Gypsum vs Vail

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

Gypsum and Vail 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 4,729 in Vail). Gypsum has the higher median household income ($124,534 vs $103,705 in Vail). Vail has the higher median home value ($1,040,100 vs $553,600 in Gypsum).

Population, income & housing

	Gypsum	Vail
Population	8,481	4,729
Median age	38.0 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$124,534	$103,705
Median home value	$553,600	$1,040,100
Median gross rent	$2,198	$1,610
Housing units	2,607	7,099
Homeownership rate	74.1%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	68.4%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gypsum	Vail
Population	7,173 → 8,481 (+18.2%)	5,479 → 4,729 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$78,872 → $124,534 (+57.9%)	$80,987 → $103,705 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$364,400 → $553,600 (+51.9%)	$773,700 → $1,040,100 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,730 → $2,198 (+27.1%)	$1,597 → $1,610 (+0.8%)

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

Vail

Population

5,4794,729

Median household income

$80,987$103,705

Median home value

$773,700$1,040,100

Median gross rent

$1,597$1,610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gypsum	Vail
Under 5	6.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	19.4%	4.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	18.8%
45 to 54	16.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	19.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.2%
75 and over	8.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gypsum	Vail
White (non-Hispanic)	44.1%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	55.4%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gypsum	Vail
No high school diploma	16.2%	0.7%
High school graduate	31.2%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	42.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gypsum	Vail
Drove alone	75.6%	62.4%
Carpooled	16.3%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	8.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.4%
Worked from home	8.1%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gypsum	Vail
1-unit, detached	58.3%	15.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	19.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	21.5%
20 or more units	5.1%	34.2%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Gypsum	Vail
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.6%
Average household size	3.36	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1990	1985