Everly vs Spencer

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

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

Spencer has the higher population (11,393 vs 586 in Everly). Spencer has the higher median household income ($57,068 vs $55,192 in Everly). Spencer has the higher median home value ($178,300 vs $104,400 in Everly).

Population, income & housing

	Everly	Spencer
Population	586	11,393
Median age	41.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,192	$57,068
Median home value	$104,400	$178,300
Median gross rent	$770	$795
Housing units	326	5,640
Homeownership rate	75.4%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Everly	Spencer
Population	632 → 586 (-7.3%)	11,052 → 11,393 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $55,192 (+14.2%)	$46,545 → $57,068 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $104,400 (+32.2%)	$128,800 → $178,300 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $770 (+14.1%)	$684 → $795 (+16.2%)

Everly

Population

632586

Median household income

$48,333$55,192

Median home value

$79,000$104,400

Median gross rent

$675$770

Spencer

Population

11,05211,393

Median household income

$46,545$57,068

Median home value

$128,800$178,300

Median gross rent

$684$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Everly	Spencer
Under 5	11.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	10.2%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	14.5%	10.9%
75 and over	7.3%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Everly	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.6%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Everly	Spencer
No high school diploma	8.7%	4.8%
High school graduate	31.8%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Everly	Spencer
Drove alone	75.5%	79.3%
Carpooled	18.3%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	2.9%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	1.3%	5.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Everly	Spencer
1-unit, detached	91.1%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Everly	Spencer
Poverty rate	10.3%	14.1%
Average household size	2.12	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1954	1971