Gunnison County vs Pitkin County

A side-by-side comparison of Gunnison County and Pitkin County: population, income, housing, and more.

Gunnison County and Pitkin County are counties in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gunnison County has the higher population (17,158 vs 17,119 in Pitkin County). Pitkin County has the higher median household income ($100,318 vs $77,358 in Gunnison County). Pitkin County has the higher median home value ($1,131,200 vs $597,200 in Gunnison County).

Population, income & housing

	Gunnison County	Pitkin County
Population	17,158	17,119
Median age	37.0 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,358	$100,318
Median home value	$597,200	$1,131,200
Median gross rent	$1,191	$1,880
Housing units	12,348	13,350
Homeownership rate	66.9%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gunnison County	Pitkin County
Population	16,802 → 17,158 (+2.1%)	17,926 → 17,119 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$56,577 → $77,358 (+36.7%)	$78,935 → $100,318 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$367,300 → $597,200 (+62.6%)	$615,900 → $1,131,200 (+83.7%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,191 (+20.1%)	$1,473 → $1,880 (+27.6%)

Gunnison County

Population

16,80217,158

Median household income

$56,577$77,358

Median home value

$367,300$597,200

Median gross rent

$992$1,191

Pitkin County

Population

17,92617,119

Median household income

$78,935$100,318

Median home value

$615,900$1,131,200

Median gross rent

$1,473$1,880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gunnison County	Pitkin County
Under 5	2.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	11.2%
18 to 24	17.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.4%
75 and over	4.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gunnison County	Pitkin County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gunnison County	Pitkin County
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	18.4%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	41.4%	37.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gunnison County	Pitkin County
Drove alone	51.1%	48.5%
Carpooled	15.0%	5.5%
Public transit	6.1%	12.2%
Walked	11.5%	9.9%
Bicycle	3.1%	6.8%
Worked from home	13.2%	14.9%
Other means	0.1%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gunnison County	Pitkin County
1-unit, detached	64.4%	38.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	24.1%
20 or more units	7.0%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Gunnison County	Pitkin County
Poverty rate	13.1%	7.2%
Average household size	2.04	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1988	1985