Falun vs Gypsum

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

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

Gypsum has the higher population (385 vs 151 in Falun). Falun has the higher median household income ($55,750 vs $37,083 in Gypsum). Since 2019, Falun's population has grown faster (+79.8% vs -17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Falun	Gypsum
Population	151	385
Median age	31.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,750	$37,083
Median home value	—	$77,600
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	95	215
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falun	Gypsum
Population	84 → 151 (+79.8%)	464 → 385 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $55,750 (+46.2%)	$48,750 → $37,083 (-23.9%)
Median home value	—	$71,500 → $77,600 (+8.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$715 → $850 (+18.9%)

Falun

Population

84151

Median household income

$38,125$55,750

Gypsum

Population

464385

Median household income

$48,750$37,083

Median home value

$71,500$77,600

Median gross rent

$715$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falun	Gypsum
Under 5	32.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	29.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	21.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	6.6%	16.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.2%
75 and over	6.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falun	Gypsum
White (non-Hispanic)	57.6%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.9%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falun	Gypsum
No high school diploma	10.3%	7.1%
High school graduate	21.6%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falun	Gypsum
Drove alone	71.0%	77.8%
Carpooled	14.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	14.5%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falun	Gypsum
1-unit, detached	76.8%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.2%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Falun	Gypsum
Poverty rate	74.2%	13.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1968	1938