Alford vs Spurgeon

A side-by-side comparison of Alford and Spurgeon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alford has the higher population (227 vs 147 in Spurgeon). Spurgeon has the higher median household income ($61,750 vs $35,147 in Alford). Alford has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $107,100 in Spurgeon).

Population, income & housing

	Alford	Spurgeon
Population	227	147
Median age	58.2 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,147	$61,750
Median home value	$115,600	$107,100
Median gross rent	—	$833
Housing units	110	78
Homeownership rate	89.1%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alford	Spurgeon
Population	187 → 227 (+21.4%)	139 → 147 (+5.8%)
Median household income	—	$48,214 → $61,750 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$152,100 → $115,600 (-24.0%)	$69,500 → $107,100 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$775 → $833 (+7.5%)

Alford

Population

187227

Median home value

$152,100$115,600

Spurgeon

Population

139147

Median household income

$48,214$61,750

Median home value

$69,500$107,100

Median gross rent

$775$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alford	Spurgeon
Under 5	7.5%	8.8%
5 to 17	21.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	16.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.2%
45 to 54	1.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	7.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	18.1%	15.6%
75 and over	27.8%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alford	Spurgeon
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alford	Spurgeon
No high school diploma	13.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	69.8%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alford	Spurgeon
Drove alone	100.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alford	Spurgeon
1-unit, detached	86.4%	89.7%
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	13.6%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Alford	Spurgeon
Poverty rate	54.6%	3.4%
Average household size	2.06	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1956	1938