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Spencer, IA Micro Area

16,446 Population
567.2 square miles 29 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$37,963 ±$2,089 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$64,082 ±$6,067 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

11.5% ±2.3% (1,848  ±374) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.1 minutes ±2.1 (145,600  ±17,336) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

7,249 ±224 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (16,125  ±41) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.8% ±1.5% (124  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

8,141 ±36 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$171,500 ±$12,468 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

12.6% ±3% (2,053  ±484.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

94.9% ±5.3% (10,806  ±615.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
26% ±3% (2,965  ±345.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

1% (169  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.2% ±1.4% (1,041  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,041 Total veterans ±175 1,021 Male ±173 20 Female ±24

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