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.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Gun Barrel City has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Gun Barrel City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gun Barrel City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gun Barrel City may be for you.

As is often the case in a small city, Gun Barrel City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Gun Barrel City rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.70% of adults 25 and older in Gun Barrel City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

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.