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Gambier village, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Gambier village is a Census village of 2,126 people across 0.94 square miles of land, in Knox County. Median household income is $93,365, 68.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $265,000.
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Gambier
What Gambier is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area0.94 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,269
- County holding the largest share of its areaKnox 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.
Gambier
How many people live in Gambier
- Population2,126
- Median age20.6
- Population under 1870 plus or minus 51
- Share under 183.3 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Population 65 and over194 plus or minus 70
- Share 65 and over9.1 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Households277 plus or minus 94
- Family households140 plus or minus 43
- Share of households that are families50.5 percent plus or minus 23.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gambier
Income and work in Gambier
- Median household income$93,365 plus or minus $31,037
- Per capita income$16,586 plus or minus $6,494
- Civilian labor force982
- Employed941
- Unemployed41 plus or minus 31
- Unemployment rate4.2 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Adults 25 and over413 plus or minus 134
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.6 percent plus or minus 43.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher66.1 percent plus or minus 13.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree52.5 percent plus or minus 15.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gambier
Housing in Gambier
- Housing units319 plus or minus 100
- Occupied units277 plus or minus 94
- Vacant units42 plus or minus 32
- Vacancy rate13.2 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Owner occupied189 plus or minus 84
- Renter occupied88 plus or minus 48
- Ownership rate68.2 percent plus or minus 19.6
- Median owner-occupied home value$309,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$725 plus or minus $236
- Annual rent as a share of median income9.3 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Single family units225 plus or minus 84
- Share single family70.5 percent plus or minus 14.2
- Units in buildings of two or more94 plus or minus 53
- Share in buildings of two or more29.5 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gambier
How Gambier gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute775 plus or minus 162
- Commuting under 15 minutes577 plus or minus 136
- Share commuting under 15 minutes74.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more122 plus or minus 79
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.7 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Drove alone29.2 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Carpooled6.4 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked53.4 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Worked from home10.9 percent plus or minus 5.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gambier
SBA loans in Gambier (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$265,000
- Average approval$88,333
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$150,000
- Largest approval$150,000
- Jobs supported25
- Jobs per approval8.3
- 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 lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
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.
Gambier
Flood risk in Gambier
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390310
- Currently effective map date07/07/09(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Knox County, not Gambier
Knox County context, not Gambier figures
These are Knox County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Gambier measurements.
- Establishments in Knox County1,121
- Employment at those establishments, Knox County17,629
- Covered employment, Knox County20,571
- Average annual pay, Knox County$55,637
- Average weekly wage, Knox County$1,070
- Housing units permitted, Knox County194
- Of those, single family, Knox County184
- County product, 2024, Knox County$3,085,167,000
- County product change over the prior year, Knox County3.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Knox County$65,014
Every figure in this section is published for Knox County as a whole and is not a measurement of Gambier. 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.
- 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
Gambier questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Gambier, Ohio?
2,126, in 277 households. Gambier village covers 0.94 square miles of land, which is 2,269 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Gambier in?
Knox 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 Gambier?
$93,365. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $309,400. Median gross rent is $725 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Gambier businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $265,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $100,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Gambier, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Gambier borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Gambier. 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.
Is Gambier in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Gambier appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390310, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Gambier figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Knox 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 Gambier.
Is zoning published for Gambier?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.