Hessen Cassel vs Spencerville

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

Hessen Cassel 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 176 in Hessen Cassel). Hessen Cassel has the higher median household income ($110,278 vs $43,542 in Spencerville). Hessen Cassel has the higher median home value ($393,300 vs $141,700 in Spencerville).

Population, income & housing

	Hessen Cassel	Spencerville
Population	176	322
Median age	50.2 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$110,278	$43,542
Median home value	$393,300	$141,700
Housing units	73	122
Homeownership rate	100.0%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	21.7%	15.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hessen Cassel	Spencerville
Population	233 → 176 (-24.5%)	296 → 322 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$133,500 → $110,278 (-17.4%)	—
Median home value	$337,900 → $393,300 (+16.4%)	$136,400 → $141,700 (+3.9%)

Hessen Cassel

Population

233176

Median household income

$133,500$110,278

Median home value

$337,900$393,300

Spencerville

Population

296322

Median home value

$136,400$141,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hessen Cassel	Spencerville
Under 5	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.6%
35 to 44	5.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	50.6%	31.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.4%
75 and over	10.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hessen Cassel	Spencerville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	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	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hessen Cassel	Spencerville
No high school diploma	18.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.6%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hessen Cassel	Spencerville
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hessen Cassel	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

	Hessen Cassel	Spencerville
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.75	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	2001	1938