About Gypsum

Gypsum is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 4,939 people and just one neighborhood, Gypsum is the 77th largest community in Colorado.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Gypsum is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.6% of the Gypsum workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Gypsum is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gypsum who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.24%), management occupations (10.10%), and sales jobs (8.10%).

Gypsum is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Gypsum Information and Demographics

The population of Gypsum overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Gypsum, 18.07% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Gypsum in 2000 was $21,968, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,872 for a family of four. However, Gypsum contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Gypsum is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gypsum home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Gypsum is White, followed by Native American. Gypsum also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.97% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Gypsum include German, English, Irish, French, Italian, and Norwegian.

In addition, Gypsum has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.04%).

The most common language spoken in Gypsum is English. Some people also speak Spanish.