Poland vs Spencer

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

Poland 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 92 in Poland). Poland has the higher median household income ($51,146 vs $47,994 in Spencer). Spencer has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $81,600 in Poland).

Population, income & housing

	Poland	Spencer
Population	92	2,308
Median age	46.7 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,146	$47,994
Median home value	$81,600	$146,300
Median gross rent	—	$860
Housing units	64	1,240
Homeownership rate	84.4%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poland	Spencer
Population	126 → 92 (-27.0%)	2,335 → 2,308 (-1.2%)
Median household income	—	$38,981 → $47,994 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $81,600 (-4.9%)	$95,500 → $146,300 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$665 → $860 (+29.3%)

Poland

Population

12692

Median home value

$85,800$81,600

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)

	Poland	Spencer
Under 5	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	9.8%	9.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	22.8%	7.6%
45 to 54	26.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	20.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	20.7%	13.9%
75 and over	0.0%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poland	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+

	Poland	Spencer
No high school diploma	12.0%	15.3%
High school graduate	65.1%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	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)

	Poland	Spencer
Drove alone	82.8%	81.4%
Carpooled	17.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poland	Spencer
1-unit, detached	84.4%	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	15.6%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Poland	Spencer
Poverty rate	10.9%	13.9%
Average household size	1.44	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1938	1949