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A majorityof the housing: units within Gem Lake are in the three bedroom or more category with 71 three. bedroom units and 41 four. bedroom units.. There were.12 units with five or more bedrooms, arid: only 18 two bedroom units and..1 'one bedroom units. Of the renter - occupied uAitS, .four are listed -as three bed OOm u6.i#s, two as one bedroom units and one 2. bedroom unit. The- I990' census ..showsthat there are -439 persons and 140 .households ,in Gem Lake; for' an average. of 1-14 g persons per household. A vast majority of the households. in. Cem Lake contain ont to four persons, with 45'.two-person households, 3b four -person households, 2-1three }�etson households and 19 one households. There *are only l6 five -person households, 7 six -person Households and two households with more,than seven -persons. The median household income.n 1990 for Gem Lake .is $52,091. Median family income was $59,22, .and median non -family income was $20;000. There were 80 households.with an income over $50 Per year. The largest categories were $50,006� to $60,000 with. households, $60,000 to $75,000 with 21 households, and $75,000 to $100;000 with 26 households. There were also 10 hou .seholds-vcrXth -an of $150,000 or more, and 22 households with aninco th of less than $20,000. . a The -ape of ththouseholdlead is family well distributed.aceording to. the 1990.censiis. re are. 26 household heads between the ages of 25 and 34,*35 between the. ages of 35 and 44, 32 between -the . ages of 45-*00 54, 27 between the ages of 55 and. 64 and 1.7 between the ages t of 65 and 74. There are only three household heads younger than 25 } and only two older than 75. The housing supply in Gem Lake is limited. There. -are. not many' homes that are vacant or available. Almost, all of the homes are single-family homes. There are only *a couple. of multiple=family dwellings, and these are only two-family - hori�es. There does not appear to be a great demand for housing. Although there are a great number of employment opportunities within Gem Lake, few residents are also employed in .Gem Lake. Of the 69 .responses to a 1995 residential community'survey, only seven stated. that they or someone *'their family were employed in Gem Lake. Overcrowding is not a.prohlem, The average number of persons in a household isJust.over three, with a majority of'the.household units being two to four Persons, A. majority of households. have tInvp- or. `more'bedrooms, thus overcrowding would not be a problem. Cost of housing -also is not excessive in Gera take as a. percentage of household income: The 1990 census shows that the. median monthly owner cost:.s $878 with a mortgage and $264 without a mortgage. Comprehensive Plan Gem Lake, Minnesota Page So