Spencer vs Westborough

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

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

Spencer has the higher population (5,520 vs 4,234 in Westborough). Westborough has the higher median household income ($100,037 vs $59,618 in Spencer). Westborough has the higher median home value ($540,600 vs $297,700 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Spencer	Westborough
Population	5,520	4,234
Median age	50.8 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,618	$100,037
Median home value	$297,700	$540,600
Median gross rent	$1,052	$1,503
Housing units	3,153	2,040
Homeownership rate	40.9%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	54.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spencer	Westborough
Population	5,792 → 5,520 (-4.7%)	3,957 → 4,234 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$59,331 → $59,618 (+0.5%)	$87,557 → $100,037 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$222,500 → $297,700 (+33.8%)	$380,800 → $540,600 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,052 (+20.5%)	$1,226 → $1,503 (+22.6%)

Spencer

Population

5,7925,520

Median household income

$59,331$59,618

Median home value

$222,500$297,700

Median gross rent

$873$1,052

Westborough

Population

3,9574,234

Median household income

$87,557$100,037

Median home value

$380,800$540,600

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,503

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spencer	Westborough
Under 5	1.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	19.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	13.9%	11.1%
75 and over	11.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spencer	Westborough
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	6.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spencer	Westborough
No high school diploma	11.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	43.5%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spencer	Westborough
Drove alone	76.6%	73.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	4.1%
Public transit	4.3%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	20.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spencer	Westborough
1-unit, detached	31.6%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	44.0%	29.4%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	13.5%
20 or more units	2.7%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Spencer	Westborough
Poverty rate	11.4%	6.3%
Average household size	2.05	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1944	1947