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Gem city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Gem city is a Census city of 98 people across 0.33 square miles of land, in Thomas County. 91.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
47 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
This is a small place, and the figures below carry wide margins.
The American Community Survey reaches Gem through a sample, not a count, and in a place this size that sample is thin. The population estimate here is 98 with a margin of error of plus or minus 57, which is 58.2 percent of the estimate itself. Every figure whose margin reaches 20 percent is printed with that margin beside it, so you can see the width of each one rather than having to assume it.
Nothing has been removed or adjusted. These are the published federal estimates, shown with the uncertainty the Census publishes alongside them.
Gem
What Gem is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.33 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land294 plus or minus 171
- County holding the largest share of its areaThomas County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gem
How many people live in Gem
- Population98 plus or minus 57
- Median age44.0 plus or minus 25.5
- Population under 1820 plus or minus 21
- Share under 1820.4 percent plus or minus 18.3
- Population 65 and over17 plus or minus 19
- Share 65 and over17.3 percent plus or minus 16.0
- Households45 plus or minus 26
- Family households26 plus or minus 21
- Share of households that are families57.8 percent plus or minus 32.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gem
Income and work in Gem
- Per capita income$66,509 plus or minus $39,182
- Civilian labor force58 plus or minus 34
- Employed58 plus or minus 34
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over65 plus or minus 35
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher100.0 percent plus or minus 73.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.0 percent plus or minus 22.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gem
Housing in Gem
- Housing units45 plus or minus 26
- Occupied units45 plus or minus 26
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied41 plus or minus 26
- Renter occupied4 plus or minus 5
- Ownership rate91.1 percent plus or minus 23.8
- Median owner-occupied home value$56,500 plus or minus $25,299
- Single family units35 plus or minus 24
- Share single family77.8 percent plus or minus 27.5
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes10 plus or minus 13
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gem
How Gem gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute58 plus or minus 34
- Commuting under 15 minutes17 plus or minus 26
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.3 percent plus or minus 42.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2 plus or minus 11
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more3.4 percent plus or minus 19.6
- Drove alone100.0 percent
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thomas County, not Gem
Thomas County context, not Gem figures
These are Thomas County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Gem measurements.
- Establishments in Thomas County332
- Employment at those establishments, Thomas County2,870
- Covered employment, Thomas County4,104
- Average annual pay, Thomas County$47,946
- Average weekly wage, Thomas County$922
- Housing units permitted, Thomas County5
- Of those, single family, Thomas County5
- County product, 2024, Thomas County$904,675,000
- County product change over the prior year, Thomas County-0.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Thomas County$44,387
Every figure in this section is published for Thomas County as a whole and is not a measurement of Gem. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- The American Community Survey does not publish a median household income for this place, which happens where the sample is too small to support one.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Gem questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Gem, Kansas?
98, in 45 households. Gem city covers 0.33 square miles of land, which is 294 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Gem in?
Thomas County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
Are the county figures on this page Gem figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Thomas County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Gem.
Is zoning published for Gem?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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