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Gem County, ID

20,614 Population
559.8 square miles 36.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Idaho: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,907 ±$3,301 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Idaho: $38,952 ±$416
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,605 ±$6,592 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Idaho: $77,800 ±$743
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12% ±2.6% (2,397  ±526) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Idaho: 10.6% 199,519 (±0.3% / ±5,752)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.3 minutes ±2.3 (234,255  ±23,635) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Idaho: 21.6 17,015,820 (±0.1 / ±161,300)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,643 ±183 Number of households
  • Idaho: 713,005 ±2,422
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (20,341  ±13) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Idaho: 2.6 1,884,214
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±2.3% (243  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Idaho: 5.1% 22,816 (±0.2% / ±1,064)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,954 ±21 Number of housing units
  • Idaho: 795,014 ±223
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$428,700 ±$33,169 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Idaho: $418,600 ±$2,550
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13% ±3.5% (2,663  ±726.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Idaho: 15.1% 289,675 (±0.4% / ±6,653.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.5% ±5.5% (13,129  ±821.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Idaho: 91.9% 1,174,076 (±0.7% / ±8,289.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.7% ±2.8% (3,040  ±411.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Idaho: 31.8% 406,469 (±0.4% / ±5,276.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6.2% (1,270  ±536) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Idaho: 5.9% 114,849
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.4% ±1.8% (1,517  ±297) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Idaho: 8% 116,723 (±0.2% / ±2,425)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,517 Total veterans ±297 1,216 Male ±275 301 Female ±180

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