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Spencer, IA

11,393 Population
10.9 square miles 1,040.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 41.8 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,456 ±$2,884 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: $37,963 ±$2,089
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$57,068 ±$8,578 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: $64,082 ±$6,067
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

14.1% ±3.3% (1,565  ±364) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 11.5% † 1,848 (±2.3% / ±374)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

17.4 minutes ±2.8 (90,805  ±15,710) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 19.1 † 145,600 (±2.1 / ±17,336)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

5,145 ±215 Number of households
  • the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 7,249 ±224
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.2 ±0.1 (11,072  ±62) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 2.2 16,125 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

3.2% ±1.8% (75  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 3.8% † 124 (±1.5% / ±50)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

5,640 ±177 Number of housing units
  • the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 8,141 ±36
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$178,300 ±$11,009 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: $171,500 ±$12,468
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

13.7% ±4% (1,539  ±444.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 12.6% † 2,053 (±3% / ±484.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

95.2% ±6.8% (7,559  ±579.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 94.9% 10,806 (±5.3% / ±615.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
28.2% ±4.1% (2,242  ±335.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 26% † 2,965 (±3% / ±345.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% ±0.8% (144  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 1% 169
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

8% ±2% (700  ±179) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 8.2% † 1,041 (±1.4% / ±175)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
700 Total veterans ±179 687 Male ±177 13 Female ±22

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