Ford vs Spearville

A side-by-side comparison of Ford and Spearville: population, income, housing, and more.

Ford and Spearville are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spearville has the higher population (1,054 vs 195 in Ford). Ford has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $71,230 in Spearville). Spearville has the higher median home value ($185,400 vs $134,700 in Ford).

Population, income & housing

	Ford	Spearville
Population	195	1,054
Median age	32.2 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,313	$71,230
Median home value	$134,700	$185,400
Median gross rent	$763	$775
Housing units	123	432
Homeownership rate	54.6%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford	Spearville
Population	221 → 195 (-11.8%)	925 → 1,054 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $75,313 (+82.6%)	$68,906 → $71,230 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$44,000 → $134,700 (+206.1%)	$118,900 → $185,400 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $763 (-0.5%)	$742 → $775 (+4.4%)

Ford

Population

221195

Median household income

$41,250$75,313

Median home value

$44,000$134,700

Median gross rent

$767$763

Spearville

Population

9251,054

Median household income

$68,906$71,230

Median home value

$118,900$185,400

Median gross rent

$742$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ford	Spearville
Under 5	2.6%	10.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	21.2%
18 to 24	10.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	21.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	3.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	7.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	16.9%	17.9%
75 and over	7.7%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford	Spearville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ford	Spearville
No high school diploma	10.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	42.2%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford	Spearville
Drove alone	94.9%	72.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford	Spearville
1-unit, detached	74.0%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ford	Spearville
Poverty rate	8.7%	7.5%
Average household size	2.01	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1951	1972