Crested Butte vs Gunnison

A side-by-side comparison of Crested Butte and Gunnison: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gunnison has the higher population (6,712 vs 1,436 in Crested Butte). Crested Butte has the higher median household income ($71,923 vs $55,313 in Gunnison). Crested Butte has the higher median home value ($928,100 vs $432,200 in Gunnison).

Population, income & housing

	Crested Butte	Gunnison
Population	1,436	6,712
Median age	44.6 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,923	$55,313
Median home value	$928,100	$432,200
Median gross rent	$1,437	$1,120
Housing units	1,272	3,111
Homeownership rate	65.8%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.7%	54.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crested Butte	Gunnison
Population	1,339 → 1,436 (+7.2%)	6,403 → 6,712 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$70,644 → $71,923 (+1.8%)	$40,893 → $55,313 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$568,500 → $928,100 (+63.3%)	$244,500 → $432,200 (+76.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,446 → $1,437 (-0.6%)	$870 → $1,120 (+28.7%)

Crested Butte

Population

1,3391,436

Median household income

$70,644$71,923

Median home value

$568,500$928,100

Median gross rent

$1,446$1,437

Gunnison

Population

6,4036,712

Median household income

$40,893$55,313

Median home value

$244,500$432,200

Median gross rent

$870$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crested Butte	Gunnison
Under 5	2.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	33.3%
25 to 34	14.1%	18.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	21.4%	8.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	3.0%
65 to 74	15.9%	6.0%
75 and over	3.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crested Butte	Gunnison
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	78.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crested Butte	Gunnison
No high school diploma	0.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	9.6%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	52.6%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crested Butte	Gunnison
Drove alone	28.9%	47.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.3%
Public transit	1.0%	12.4%
Walked	28.3%	11.4%
Bicycle	21.8%	1.5%
Worked from home	20.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crested Butte	Gunnison
1-unit, detached	61.1%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	16.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Crested Butte	Gunnison
Poverty rate	5.9%	26.0%
Average household size	1.76	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	11	21
Median year structure built	1984	1985