Gun Barrel City vs Malakoff

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

Gun Barrel City and Malakoff 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 2,227 in Malakoff). Gun Barrel City has the higher median household income ($69,273 vs $53,378 in Malakoff). Gun Barrel City has the higher median home value ($229,300 vs $84,000 in Malakoff).

Population, income & housing

	Gun Barrel City	Malakoff
Population	6,408	2,227
Median age	49.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,273	$53,378
Median home value	$229,300	$84,000
Median gross rent	$922	$820
Housing units	3,013	1,043
Homeownership rate	88.6%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gun Barrel City	Malakoff
Population	6,084 → 6,408 (+5.3%)	2,760 → 2,227 (-19.3%)
Median household income	$43,839 → $69,273 (+58.0%)	$29,185 → $53,378 (+82.9%)
Median home value	$122,100 → $229,300 (+87.8%)	$82,100 → $84,000 (+2.3%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $922 (+30.0%)	$707 → $820 (+16.0%)

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

Malakoff

Population

2,7602,227

Median household income

$29,185$53,378

Median home value

$82,100$84,000

Median gross rent

$707$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gun Barrel City	Malakoff
Under 5	3.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	12.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.6%
75 and over	9.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gun Barrel City	Malakoff
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	55.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	15.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	22.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gun Barrel City	Malakoff
No high school diploma	10.5%	20.0%
High school graduate	33.7%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gun Barrel City	Malakoff
Drove alone	66.4%	84.7%
Carpooled	13.4%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	6.7%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gun Barrel City	Malakoff
1-unit, detached	70.4%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	14.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	21.0%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Gun Barrel City	Malakoff
Poverty rate	14.0%	24.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1987	1979