Gunnison
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Outdoors in Gunnison
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c. 1865
Dillon's mob.Alternate Title: A group in front of Dillon's Theatre in Gunnison, c. 1865
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Gunnison River Bridge I
Gunnison River Bridge I and Gunnison River Bridge II are two 129 feet (39 m) long bridges built during 1926–27. They were separately listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
About Gunnison
City in Colorado, United StatesGunnison is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of and the most populous municipality in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 6,560 at the 2020 United States census. The city was named in honor of John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer who surveyed for a transcontinental railroad in 1853. Gunnison is a college town, home to Western Colorado University.
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How Gunnison ranks
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Housing in Gunnison
The typical Gunnison home is worth about $628,000, up 3.4% in a year, 18% above the Colorado typical home.
Safety in Gunnison
Safety Grade D
Gunnison reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 88% report less.
Work & commute in Gunnison
Full picture →42% of Gunnison’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Crested Butte (8%), Denver (4%) and Mount Crested Butte (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.
Health in Gunnison
Health Grade A−
Healthier than 84% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Colorado
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 15 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Gunnison
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 38% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Gunnison
Full climate →Gunnison has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 0°, and about 50 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Gunnison
All Gunnison schools →School Grade A-
The public schools Gunnison’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 76% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CO. Ratings are from neighbors.
Gunnison is a college town
Colleges →of Gunnison’s residents are enrolled in college. Western Colorado University has about 2,911 students on campus.
Gunnison’s library
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