Gun Barrel City is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 6,824 people and three associated neighborhoods, Gun Barrel City is the 332nd largest community in Texas.Gun Barrel City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Gun Barrel City is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gun Barrel City who work in office and administrative support (18.05%), sales jobs (11.45%), and management occupations (8.21%). Also of interest is that Gun Barrel City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.81% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Gun Barrel City is worth considering. Gun Barrel City is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Gun Barrel City are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.94% of adults in Gun Barrel City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Gun Barrel City in 2022 was $38,584, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $154,336 for a family of four. However, Gun Barrel City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Gun Barrel City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gun Barrel City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gun Barrel City include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Czech. The most common language spoken in Gun Barrel City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
