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.
Even though Gunnison is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Gunnison, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Gunnison is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 55.92% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Gunnison in 2022 was $31,563, 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 $126,252 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 Black or African-American. Gunnison also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.95% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gunnison include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Gunnison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
