Falcon Heights vs Gem Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Falcon Heights and Gem Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Falcon Heights and Gem Lake are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Falcon Heights has the higher population (5,145 vs 521 in Gem Lake). Gem Lake has the higher median household income ($146,250 vs $93,233 in Falcon Heights). Gem Lake has the higher median home value ($536,600 vs $366,800 in Falcon Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Falcon Heights	Gem Lake
Population	5,145	521
Median age	35.8 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$93,233	$146,250
Median home value	$366,800	$536,600
Median gross rent	$1,200	$1,750
Housing units	2,148	186
Homeownership rate	59.0%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.0%	52.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falcon Heights	Gem Lake
Population	5,571 → 5,145 (-7.6%)	567 → 521 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$75,660 → $93,233 (+23.2%)	$124,844 → $146,250 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$293,400 → $366,800 (+25.0%)	$331,700 → $536,600 (+61.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,062 → $1,200 (+13.0%)	$1,536 → $1,750 (+13.9%)

Falcon Heights

Population

5,5715,145

Median household income

$75,660$93,233

Median home value

$293,400$366,800

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,200

Gem Lake

Population

567521

Median household income

$124,844$146,250

Median home value

$331,700$536,600

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falcon Heights	Gem Lake
Under 5	4.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	15.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	6.1%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	5.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	19.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.5%
75 and over	8.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falcon Heights	Gem Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	93.1%
Black or African American	6.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.9%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falcon Heights	Gem Lake
No high school diploma	1.5%	0.3%
High school graduate	8.3%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	41.2%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falcon Heights	Gem Lake
Drove alone	46.9%	73.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	3.3%
Public transit	8.4%	0.4%
Walked	7.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.4%	21.3%
Other means	2.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falcon Heights	Gem Lake
1-unit, detached	56.6%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Falcon Heights	Gem Lake
Poverty rate	7.8%	2.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1960	1974