Otwell vs Spurgeon

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

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

Otwell has the higher population (430 vs 147 in Spurgeon). Spurgeon has the higher median household income ($61,750 vs $47,422 in Otwell). Otwell has the higher median home value ($126,200 vs $107,100 in Spurgeon).

Population, income & housing

	Otwell	Spurgeon
Population	430	147
Median age	30.0 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,422	$61,750
Median home value	$126,200	$107,100
Median gross rent	—	$833
Housing units	183	78
Homeownership rate	65.6%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Otwell	Spurgeon
Population	390 → 430 (+10.3%)	139 → 147 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$29,375 → $47,422 (+61.4%)	$48,214 → $61,750 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$40,500 → $126,200 (+211.6%)	$69,500 → $107,100 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$172 → $175 (+1.7%)	$775 → $833 (+7.5%)

Otwell

Population

390430

Median household income

$29,375$47,422

Median home value

$40,500$126,200

Median gross rent

$172$175

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)

	Otwell	Spurgeon
Under 5	14.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	5.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	22.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	28.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	15.6%
75 and over	0.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Otwell	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+

	Otwell	Spurgeon
No high school diploma	15.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	58.1%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Otwell	Spurgeon
Drove alone	69.5%	81.4%
Carpooled	13.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.9%	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)

	Otwell	Spurgeon
1-unit, detached	90.2%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Otwell	Spurgeon
Poverty rate	21.6%	3.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	14	32
Median year structure built	1961	1938