Gun Barrel City vs Tool

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

Gun Barrel City and Tool 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 2,399 in Tool). Tool has the higher median household income ($71,964 vs $69,273 in Gun Barrel City). Gun Barrel City has the higher median home value ($229,300 vs $163,700 in Tool).

Population, income & housing

	Gun Barrel City	Tool
Population	6,408	2,399
Median age	49.0 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,273	$71,964
Median home value	$229,300	$163,700
Median gross rent	$922	$1,120
Housing units	3,013	1,699
Homeownership rate	88.6%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gun Barrel City	Tool
Population	6,084 → 6,408 (+5.3%)	2,214 → 2,399 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$43,839 → $69,273 (+58.0%)	$47,273 → $71,964 (+52.2%)
Median home value	$122,100 → $229,300 (+87.8%)	$104,300 → $163,700 (+57.0%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $922 (+30.0%)	$1,002 → $1,120 (+11.8%)

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

Tool

Population

2,2142,399

Median household income

$47,273$71,964

Median home value

$104,300$163,700

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gun Barrel City	Tool
Under 5	3.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.5%	11.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	18.0%
55 to 64	17.2%	20.0%
65 to 74	13.6%	14.7%
75 and over	9.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gun Barrel City	Tool
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
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%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gun Barrel City	Tool
No high school diploma	10.5%	11.5%
High school graduate	33.7%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gun Barrel City	Tool
Drove alone	66.4%	71.5%
Carpooled	13.4%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	12.2%
Other means	2.8%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gun Barrel City	Tool
1-unit, detached	70.4%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	21.0%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Gun Barrel City	Tool
Poverty rate	14.0%	12.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	30	44
Median year structure built	1987	1981