† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupGunbarrelColoradoUnited States
German20.0%17.9%12.5%
English16.7%12.6%9.5%
Irish13.9%11.2%9.4%
Italian5.9%4.9%4.8%
Polish3.4%2.1%2.2%
American3.3%3.5%5.3%
French3.2%2.0%1.6%
Scottish3.2%2.5%1.3%
Mexican3.6%15.8%11.3%
Spanish0.3%1.2%—
Spaniard0.3%1.0%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.7%1.8%
Chinese1.4%0.6%1.3%
Asian Indian1.1%0.6%1.4%
Korean0.4%0.3%0.4%
Japanese0.3%—0.2%
Nepalese0.3%——
Filipino0.2%0.3%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.4%0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Gunbarrel
Colorado
United States
Median age
43.3
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.3%
15.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Gunbarrel
Colorado
United States
Median household income
$109,407
$95,470
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.8%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
70.4%
45.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Gunbarrel
Colorado
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.2%
16.2%
22.3%
Spanish
3.0%
11.1%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.4%
0.6%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
3.1%
1.0%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.6%
0.7%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Gunbarrel
Colorado
United States
Catholic
—
15.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
64.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Gunbarrel, Colorado
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+36.5%
2008
+48.5%
2012
+44.0%
2016
+52.4%
2020
+62.9%
2024
+62.0%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
79.7%Harris5,403
17.7%Trump1,202
2.5%
D+62.0
R+0.9
D+63.5
6,777
D
80.6%Biden5,883
17.7%Trump1,295
1.7%
D+62.9
D+10.5
D+58.4
7,299
D
72.6%Clinton5,014
20.2%Trump1,395
7.2%
D+52.4
D+8.4
D+50.3
6,907
D
70.8%Obama4,751
26.8%Romney1,796
2.5%
D+44.0
R+4.4
D+40.2
6,713
D
73.5%Obama4,871
25.0%McCain1,659
1.5%
D+48.5
D+12.0
D+41.2
6,628
D
67.6%Kerry4,144
31.1%Bush1,909
1.2%
D+36.5
—
D+38.9
6,129
Gunbarrel sits on Boulder's northeastern fringe as a Census-designated place dense with research and tech workers, giving it a younger, higher-educated demographic profile that tracks closely with broader Boulder County voting patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 62.9 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 62.0 points.
A population of 10,051, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $109,407 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Larkspur and Steamboat Springs.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Gunbarrel, Colorado voted Democratic by 62.0 points (D+62.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 6,777 votes cast, 5,403 went Democratic and 1,202 went Republican.
How many people live in Gunbarrel, Colorado?
Gunbarrel, Colorado has a population of 10,051 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gunbarrel, Colorado?
Median household income in Gunbarrel, Colorado is $109,407 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Gunbarrel, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Gunbarrel, Colorado from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
