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Gem County, ID

19,854 Population
559.8 square miles 35.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Idaho: 37.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$34,695 ±$3,236 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Idaho: $37,169 ±$397
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$66,245 ±$4,501 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Idaho: $74,636 ±$877
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

10.4% ±3% (2,013  ±572) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Idaho: 10.6% 196,060 (±0.3% / ±5,607)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

30.9 minutes ±1.5 (233,840  ±21,010) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Idaho: 21.6 16,746,260 (±0.2 / ±183,291)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

7,406 ±209 Number of households
  • Idaho: 693,821 ±2,298
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.7 ±0.1 (19,598  ±12) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Idaho: 2.7 1,843,764
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.2% ±2.2% (201  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Idaho: 5.4% 23,768 (±0.3% / ±1,247)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

7,788 ±31 Number of housing units
  • Idaho: 776,683 ±221
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$367,300 ±$27,863 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Idaho: $376,000 ±$2,962
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

12.5% ±3.7% (2,474  ±727) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Idaho: 15.6% 292,462 (±0.4% / ±7,114.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

89% ±5.7% (12,425  ±802.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Idaho: 91.7% 1,140,749 (±0.7% / ±8,317.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
22.3% ±3% (3,109  ±419.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Idaho: 31.2% 388,032 (±0.4% / ±5,061.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.8% (950  ±470) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Idaho: 5.7% 108,586
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9.5% ±1.8% (1,464  ±276) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Idaho: 8.3% 117,609 (±0.2% / ±2,500)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,464 Total veterans ±276 1,223 Male ±221 241 Female ±144

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