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Spencer, IN

2,481 Population
1.7 square miles 1,453.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.7 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Bloomington, IN Metro Area: 33.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,884 ±$3,722 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bloomington, IN Metro Area: $38,095 ±$1,381
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,378 ±$6,582 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Bloomington, IN Metro Area: $65,543 ±$2,233
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±5.5% (334  ±130) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bloomington, IN Metro Area: 18.6% 27,513 (±1.1% / ±1,568)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.8 minutes ±3.7 (17,950  ±4,468) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bloomington, IN Metro Area: 21.7 1,462,920 (±0.7 / ±57,752)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,193 ±134 Number of households
  • the Bloomington, IN Metro Area: 67,854 ±789
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (2,368  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bloomington, IN Metro Area: 2.2 147,944 (±0 / ±392)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.6% ±12.9% (46  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Bloomington, IN Metro Area: 2.6% † 1,188 (±0.7% / ±320)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,330 ±137 Number of housing units
  • the Bloomington, IN Metro Area: 75,575 ±207
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$162,900 ±$15,740 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Bloomington, IN Metro Area: $263,700 ±$7,584
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±4.4% (310  ±109.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Bloomington, IN Metro Area: 24.5% 39,513 (±1.2% / ±1,957.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.1% ±8.5% (1,720  ±211.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Bloomington, IN Metro Area: 93.7% 92,714 (±2.2% / ±2,157.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21% ±5.2% (405  ±104.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Bloomington, IN Metro Area: 44.3% 43,819 (±1.5% / ±1,450.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.8% ±1.6% (44  ±40) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Bloomington, IN Metro Area: 7.5% 12,232
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±2.7% (133  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bloomington, IN Metro Area: 5.6% 7,614 (±0.5% / ±629)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
133 Total veterans ±59 127 Male ±57 6 Female ±9

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