Spencer vs Winchendon

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

Spencer and Winchendon 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 4,407 in Winchendon). Winchendon has the higher median household income ($67,188 vs $59,618 in Spencer). Spencer has the higher median home value ($297,700 vs $258,300 in Winchendon).

Population, income & housing

	Spencer	Winchendon
Population	5,520	4,407
Median age	50.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,618	$67,188
Median home value	$297,700	$258,300
Median gross rent	$1,052	$1,217
Housing units	3,153	1,649
Homeownership rate	40.9%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spencer	Winchendon
Population	5,792 → 5,520 (-4.7%)	3,999 → 4,407 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$59,331 → $59,618 (+0.5%)	$56,773 → $67,188 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$222,500 → $297,700 (+33.8%)	$184,100 → $258,300 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,052 (+20.5%)	$695 → $1,217 (+75.1%)

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

Winchendon

Population

3,9994,407

Median household income

$56,773$67,188

Median home value

$184,100$258,300

Median gross rent

$695$1,217

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spencer	Winchendon
Under 5	1.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	19.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.9%
75 and over	11.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spencer	Winchendon
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spencer	Winchendon
No high school diploma	11.5%	5.1%
High school graduate	43.5%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spencer	Winchendon
Drove alone	76.6%	78.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.3%
Public transit	4.3%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.7%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spencer	Winchendon
1-unit, detached	31.6%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	44.0%	21.7%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	16.3%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Spencer	Winchendon
Poverty rate	11.4%	14.3%
Average household size	2.05	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1944	1943