Gunnison vs Mount Crested Butte

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

Gunnison and Mount Crested Butte 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 829 in Mount Crested Butte). Mount Crested Butte has the higher median household income ($93,182 vs $55,313 in Gunnison). Mount Crested Butte has the higher median home value ($594,600 vs $432,200 in Gunnison).

Population, income & housing

	Gunnison	Mount Crested Butte
Population	6,712	829
Median age	26.1 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$93,182
Median home value	$432,200	$594,600
Median gross rent	$1,120	$1,717
Housing units	3,111	1,597
Homeownership rate	44.9%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.6%	80.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gunnison	Mount Crested Butte
Population	6,403 → 6,712 (+4.8%)	989 → 829 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$40,893 → $55,313 (+35.3%)	$80,156 → $93,182 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$244,500 → $432,200 (+76.8%)	$438,000 → $594,600 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $1,120 (+28.7%)	$1,273 → $1,717 (+34.9%)

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

Mount Crested Butte

Population

989829

Median household income

$80,156$93,182

Median home value

$438,000$594,600

Median gross rent

$1,273$1,717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gunnison	Mount Crested Butte
Under 5	2.9%	1.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	1.8%
18 to 24	33.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	18.9%	29.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	17.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	22.1%
55 to 64	3.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	6.0%	3.5%
75 and over	4.2%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gunnison	Mount Crested Butte
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	93.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gunnison	Mount Crested Butte
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.9%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.5%	57.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gunnison	Mount Crested Butte
Drove alone	47.5%	43.2%
Carpooled	20.3%	11.0%
Public transit	12.4%	6.4%
Walked	11.4%	26.5%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gunnison	Mount Crested Butte
1-unit, detached	51.7%	21.3%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	32.2%
20 or more units	10.3%	31.1%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gunnison	Mount Crested Butte
Poverty rate	26.0%	10.5%
Average household size	1.97	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	21	10
Median year structure built	1985	1986