Gun Barrel City is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 6,506 people and three associated neighborhoods, Gun Barrel City is the 332nd largest community in Texas.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.69% 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.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Gun Barrel City has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gun Barrel City a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Being a small city, Gun Barrel City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Gun Barrel City are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.70% of adults in Gun Barrel City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Gun Barrel City in 2018 was $37,976, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $151,904 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 Native American. Important ancestries of people in Gun Barrel City include Irish, German, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Gun Barrel City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.