Arcola vs Spencerville

A side-by-side comparison of Arcola and Spencerville: population, income, housing, and more.

Arcola and Spencerville are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spencerville has the higher population (322 vs 139 in Arcola). Since 2019, Spencerville's population has grown faster (+8.8% vs -41.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Arcola	Spencerville
Population	139	322
Median age	30.0 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,542
Median home value	—	$141,700
Housing units	67	122
Homeownership rate	100.0%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	15.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcola	Spencerville
Population	237 → 139 (-41.4%)	296 → 322 (+8.8%)
Median home value	—	$136,400 → $141,700 (+3.9%)

Arcola

Population

237139

Spencerville

Population

296322

Median home value

$136,400$141,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcola	Spencerville
Under 5	7.2%	9.0%
5 to 17	2.9%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.1%
25 to 34	38.8%	5.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	16.5%	31.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	8.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	13.4%
75 and over	11.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcola	Spencerville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	18.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcola	Spencerville
No high school diploma	10.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcola	Spencerville
Drove alone	58.2%	94.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.8%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcola	Spencerville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arcola	Spencerville
Poverty rate	8.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938