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Gering city, Nebraska: commercial real estate data.
Gering city is a Census city of 8,550 people across 5.57 square miles of land, in Scotts Bluff County. Median household income is $75,093, 72.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.8 m.
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Gering
What Gering is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.57 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,534
- County holding the largest share of its areaScotts Bluff 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.
Gering
How many people live in Gering
- Population8,550
- Median age35.8
- Population under 182,178
- Share under 1825.5 percent
- Population 65 and over1,685
- Share 65 and over19.7 percent
- Households3,368
- Family households2,391
- Share of households that are families71.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gering
Income and work in Gering
- Median household income$75,093
- Per capita income$38,166
- Civilian labor force4,346
- Employed4,322
- Unemployed24 plus or minus 30
- Unemployment rate0.6 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Adults 25 and over5,807
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.0 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gering
Housing in Gering
- Housing units3,561
- Occupied units3,368
- Vacant units193 plus or minus 132
- Vacancy rate5.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Owner occupied2,434
- Renter occupied934 plus or minus 227
- Ownership rate72.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$186,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$823
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.2 percent
- Single family units2,788
- Share single family78.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more710 plus or minus 233
- Share in buildings of two or more19.9 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Mobile homes63 plus or minus 59
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gering
How Gering gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,064
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,662
- Share commuting under 15 minutes65.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more448 plus or minus 189
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more11.0 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Drove alone88.8 percent
- Carpooled5.4 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home3.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gering
SBA 7(a) lending to Gering borrowers
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$7,823,000
- Average approval$1,117,571
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$4,845,000
- Largest approval$4,845,000
- Jobs supported66
- Jobs per approval9.4
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Gering
SBA 504 lending to Gering borrowers
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$3,182,000
- Average approval$530,333
- Median approval$366,000
- Largest approval$1,522,000
- Jobs supported61
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Scotts Bluff County, not Gering
Scotts Bluff County context, not Gering figures
These are Scotts Bluff County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Gering measurements.
- Establishments in Scotts Bluff County1,017
- Employment at those establishments, Scotts Bluff County12,822
- Covered employment, Scotts Bluff County15,975
- Average annual pay, Scotts Bluff County$51,713
- Average weekly wage, Scotts Bluff County$994
- Housing units permitted, Scotts Bluff County44
- Of those, single family, Scotts Bluff County44
- County product, 2024, Scotts Bluff County$2,383,527,000
- County product change over the prior year, Scotts Bluff County5.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Scotts Bluff County$48,772
Every figure in this section is published for Scotts Bluff County as a whole and is not a measurement of Gering. 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.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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
Gering questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Gering, Nebraska?
8,550, in 3,368 households. Gering city covers 5.57 square miles of land, which is 1,534 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Gering in?
Scotts Bluff County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Gering?
$75,093. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $186,500. Median gross rent is $823 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Gering businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $7.8 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $3.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Gering, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Gering borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Gering. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Gering figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Scotts Bluff 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 Gering.
Is zoning published for Gering?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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