Spiceland vs Sulphur Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Spiceland and Sulphur Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spiceland has the higher population (896 vs 466 in Sulphur Springs). Spiceland has the higher median household income ($63,676 vs $53,750 in Sulphur Springs). Sulphur Springs has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $107,700 in Spiceland).

Population, income & housing

	Spiceland	Sulphur Springs
Population	896	466
Median age	32.6 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,676	$53,750
Median home value	$107,700	$133,700
Median gross rent	$778	$983
Housing units	364	205
Homeownership rate	74.5%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spiceland	Sulphur Springs
Population	825 → 896 (+8.6%)	335 → 466 (+39.1%)
Median household income	$53,625 → $63,676 (+18.7%)	$42,188 → $53,750 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$81,600 → $107,700 (+32.0%)	$88,300 → $133,700 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $778 (-0.6%)	$682 → $983 (+44.1%)

Spiceland

Population

825896

Median household income

$53,625$63,676

Median home value

$81,600$107,700

Median gross rent

$783$778

Sulphur Springs

Population

335466

Median household income

$42,188$53,750

Median home value

$88,300$133,700

Median gross rent

$682$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spiceland	Sulphur Springs
Under 5	6.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	11.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	17.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	3.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	15.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	5.6%	15.0%
75 and over	4.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spiceland	Sulphur Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	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	0.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spiceland	Sulphur Springs
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	58.2%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spiceland	Sulphur Springs
Drove alone	83.3%	77.5%
Carpooled	15.8%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spiceland	Sulphur Springs
1-unit, detached	92.0%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Spiceland	Sulphur Springs
Poverty rate	19.8%	8.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1951	1951