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The median home value in Gem County, ID is $485,180 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.73% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$485,180
Year-over-Year
+2.73%
National Rank
#234 of 3071
Gem County ranks 9th out of 43 counties in ID by median home price, and is +107.0% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within ID, the typical county has a median home value of $400,056, making Gem County +21.3% above the ID state median.
Households here earn a median of $64,605 a year against a typical home value of $485,180 — a price-to-income ratio of 7.5×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 97% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Gem County recorded a violent crime rate of 342 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 411 per 100,000.
Based on 1 reporting city covering 8,766 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Gem County is $485,180. That's up 2.73% from a year earlier. That is about 107.0% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Gem County the 9th most expensive of 43 counties in Idaho.
Median household income here is $64,605, so a typical home costs about 7.5× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Gem County recorded 342 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 8,766 residents across 1 reporting city, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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