Gosport vs Spencer

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

Gosport 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 1,113 in Gosport). Gosport has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $47,994 in Spencer). Spencer has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $104,800 in Gosport).

Population, income & housing

	Gosport	Spencer
Population	1,113	2,308
Median age	49.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$47,994
Median home value	$104,800	$146,300
Median gross rent	$924	$860
Housing units	434	1,240
Homeownership rate	54.6%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gosport	Spencer
Population	834 → 1,113 (+33.5%)	2,335 → 2,308 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$43,452 → $51,250 (+17.9%)	$38,981 → $47,994 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$79,100 → $104,800 (+32.5%)	$95,500 → $146,300 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $924 (+40.9%)	$665 → $860 (+29.3%)

Gosport

Population

8341,113

Median household income

$43,452$51,250

Median home value

$79,100$104,800

Median gross rent

$656$924

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)

	Gosport	Spencer
Under 5	5.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	9.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	5.9%	7.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	23.6%	17.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	13.9%
75 and over	10.4%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gosport	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	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	0.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gosport	Spencer
No high school diploma	6.2%	15.3%
High school graduate	70.1%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gosport	Spencer
Drove alone	91.8%	81.4%
Carpooled	0.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gosport	Spencer
1-unit, detached	65.0%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Gosport	Spencer
Poverty rate	10.1%	13.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	36	19
Median year structure built	1975	1949