Spencer vs Whitinsville

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

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

Whitinsville has the higher population (7,250 vs 5,520 in Spencer). Whitinsville has the higher median household income ($93,504 vs $59,618 in Spencer). Whitinsville has the higher median home value ($440,100 vs $297,700 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Spencer	Whitinsville
Population	5,520	7,250
Median age	50.8 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,618	$93,504
Median home value	$297,700	$440,100
Median gross rent	$1,052	$1,271
Housing units	3,153	3,146
Homeownership rate	40.9%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spencer	Whitinsville
Population	5,792 → 5,520 (-4.7%)	7,220 → 7,250 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$59,331 → $59,618 (+0.5%)	$77,340 → $93,504 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$222,500 → $297,700 (+33.8%)	$319,200 → $440,100 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,052 (+20.5%)	$1,031 → $1,271 (+23.3%)

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

Whitinsville

Population

7,2207,250

Median household income

$77,340$93,504

Median home value

$319,200$440,100

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spencer	Whitinsville
Under 5	1.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	19.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.6%
75 and over	11.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spencer	Whitinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spencer	Whitinsville
No high school diploma	11.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	43.5%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spencer	Whitinsville
Drove alone	76.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	6.4%
Public transit	4.3%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spencer	Whitinsville
1-unit, detached	31.6%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	20.4%
2 to 4 units	44.0%	24.0%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	7.6%
20 or more units	2.7%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Spencer	Whitinsville
Poverty rate	11.4%	10.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	1944	1963