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51301

12,638 Population
157.7 square miles 80.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 42.3 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$37,984 ±$2,735 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: $38,651 ±$2,407
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$63,402 ±$6,029 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: $65,428 ±$5,096
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

13.1% ±2.5% (1,616  ±316) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 11.4% † 1,844 (±2.1% / ±333)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

16.2 minutes ±2.3 (93,100  ±14,594) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 17.8 † 136,330 (±1.9 / ±16,068)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

5,680 ±214 Number of households
  • the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 7,282 ±206
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.2 ±0.1 (12,324  ±278) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 2.2 16,147 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

3.4% ±1.9% (84  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 3.4% † 110 (±1.6% / ±52)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

6,185 ±173 Number of housing units
  • the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 8,157 ±30
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$188,300 ±$11,031 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: $178,600 ±$10,755
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

9% ±2.3% (1,127  ±293.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 9.1% † 1,486 (±2% / ±330.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

92.5% ±6.3% (8,179  ±589.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 93.3% 10,688 (±5.3% / ±616.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
29% ±3.7% (2,566  ±327.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 27.6% † 3,155 (±3% / ±341.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

3% ±1.6% (373  ±203) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 2.5% 409
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

7% ±1.9% (673  ±185) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 7.5% † 951 (±1.5% / ±183)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
673 Total veterans ±185 658 Male ±181 15 Female ±23

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