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Gem, KS

125 Population
0.3 square miles 374.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.3 ±11.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Thomas County: 35.3 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$51,522 ±$27,344 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Thomas County: $39,637 † ±$4,743
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
N/A Median household income

0.8% ±1.5% (1  ±2) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Thomas County: 6.9% † 516 (±2.7% / ±205)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

15.3 minutes ±14.1 (1,040  ±641) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Thomas County: 11.4 † 43,740 (±1.3 / ±5,741)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

54 ±29 Number of households
  • Thomas County: 3,101 ±166
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.3 ±0.5 (125  ±72) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Thomas County: 2.4 7,486 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

15.2% ±35.3% (5  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Thomas County: 5.9% † 106 (±3.2% / ±58)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

54 ±29 Number of housing units
  • Thomas County: 3,580 ±18
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$58,600 ±$50,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Thomas County: $165,900 ±$15,566
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

14.5% ±18.8% (18  ±25.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Thomas County: 16.2% † 1,259 (±4.9% / ±,378.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

100% ±22.7% (74  ±44.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Thomas County: 93.5% 4,613 (±8.9% / ±,444.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
9.5% ±36.8% (7  ±27.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Thomas County: 30.3% † 1,493 (±5% / ±,249.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

0.8% ±1.5% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Thomas County: 4.3% 343
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

1% ±1.9% (1  ±2) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Thomas County: 5.5% † 327 (±2% / ±119)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
1 Total veterans ±2 1 Male ±2 N/A Female ±11

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