Chandler vs Gun Barrel City

A side-by-side comparison of Chandler and Gun Barrel City: population, income, housing, and more.

Chandler and Gun Barrel City are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gun Barrel City has the higher population (6,408 vs 3,397 in Chandler). Gun Barrel City has the higher median household income ($69,273 vs $48,002 in Chandler). Gun Barrel City has the higher median home value ($229,300 vs $218,400 in Chandler).

Population, income & housing

	Chandler	Gun Barrel City
Population	3,397	6,408
Median age	46.9 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,002	$69,273
Median home value	$218,400	$229,300
Median gross rent	$868	$922
Housing units	1,618	3,013
Homeownership rate	70.7%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chandler	Gun Barrel City
Population	3,003 → 3,397 (+13.1%)	6,084 → 6,408 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$50,809 → $48,002 (-5.5%)	$43,839 → $69,273 (+58.0%)
Median home value	$172,600 → $218,400 (+26.5%)	$122,100 → $229,300 (+87.8%)
Median gross rent	$787 → $868 (+10.3%)	$709 → $922 (+30.0%)

Chandler

Population

3,0033,397

Median household income

$50,809$48,002

Median home value

$172,600$218,400

Median gross rent

$787$868

Gun Barrel City

Population

6,0846,408

Median household income

$43,839$69,273

Median home value

$122,100$229,300

Median gross rent

$709$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chandler	Gun Barrel City
Under 5	5.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	4.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	15.5%	13.6%
75 and over	22.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chandler	Gun Barrel City
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	92.3%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chandler	Gun Barrel City
No high school diploma	4.1%	10.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chandler	Gun Barrel City
Drove alone	74.9%	66.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chandler	Gun Barrel City
1-unit, detached	73.7%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.2%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	21.0%

Poverty & households

	Chandler	Gun Barrel City
Poverty rate	10.4%	14.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1989	1987