Coal City vs Spencer

A side-by-side comparison of Coal City and Spencer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spencer has the higher population (2,308 vs 138 in Coal City). Since 2019, Coal City's population has grown faster (+97.1% vs -1.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Coal City	Spencer
Population	138	2,308
Median age	66.4 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,994
Median home value	—	$146,300
Median gross rent	—	$860
Housing units	119	1,240
Homeownership rate	91.7%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal City	Spencer
Population	70 → 138 (+97.1%)	2,335 → 2,308 (-1.2%)
Median household income	—	$38,981 → $47,994 (+23.1%)
Median home value	—	$95,500 → $146,300 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$665 → $860 (+29.3%)

Coal City

Population

70138

Spencer

Population

2,3352,308

Median household income

$38,981$47,994

Median home value

$95,500$146,300

Median gross rent

$665$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal City	Spencer
Under 5	6.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.1%	9.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	5.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	5.8%	7.6%
45 to 54	2.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	3.6%	17.5%
65 to 74	26.1%	13.9%
75 and over	25.4%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal City	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal City	Spencer
No high school diploma	38.5%	15.3%
High school graduate	54.2%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	7.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal City	Spencer
Drove alone	36.4%	81.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	56.4%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal City	Spencer
1-unit, detached	57.1%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	42.9%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Coal City	Spencer
Poverty rate	17.4%	13.9%
Average household size	2.88	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1967	1949