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Gunnison Area Housing Needs Assessment

Date: 1992-01-01
Categories: Community, Community Planning, Gunnison Basin
Geographic scope: gunnison basin
Source: Sustainable Living Library

Summary

CRESTED BUTTE/GUNNISON COUNTY HOUSING RESEARCH 1992 The Current Housing Situation Fully understanding the housing situation throughout the study area is a complex task. To describe to situation, comments provided through interviews of property management company personnel and persons involved in real estate lending and information from the 1990 census was used to supplement survey responses. - The table below lists some key information obtained from the 1990 census. This information is useful for a perspective on the total housing supply. TABLE 3 DWELLING UNIT INFORMATION Crested Mt. Crested oun Butte Gunnison Butte County of Gunnison Total Housing Units 7,294 650 1,853 813 Household Size 2.38 2.26 2.25 2.05 % Renter Occupied 48.7 57.7 59.0 77.5 % Owner Occupied 51.3 42.3 41.0 22.5 Median Value $79,000 $123,800 $64,600 $193,800 Median Rent $297 $422 $258 $433 Source: 1990 U.S. Census