Gunnison is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Gunnison area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Gunnison maintain a good economy.
For a small city, Gunnison has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Gunnison exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Gunnison. 54.59% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.
The per capita income in Gunnison in 2022 was $31,252, which is lower middle income relative to Colorado, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,008 for a family of four. However, Gunnison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gunnison is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gunnison home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gunnison residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Gunnison also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.59% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gunnison include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Gunnison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
