Atwater vs Spicer

A side-by-side comparison of Atwater and Spicer: population, income, housing, and more.

Atwater and Spicer are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spicer has the higher population (1,222 vs 1,217 in Atwater). Spicer has the higher median household income ($76,406 vs $66,071 in Atwater). Spicer has the higher median home value ($278,500 vs $144,300 in Atwater).

Population, income & housing

	Atwater	Spicer
Population	1,217	1,222
Median age	31.7 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,071	$76,406
Median home value	$144,300	$278,500
Median gross rent	$736	$825
Housing units	451	661
Homeownership rate	79.5%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atwater	Spicer
Population	1,014 → 1,217 (+20.0%)	1,188 → 1,222 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$54,926 → $66,071 (+20.3%)	$57,143 → $76,406 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$95,100 → $144,300 (+51.7%)	$178,600 → $278,500 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $736 (+4.5%)	$694 → $825 (+18.9%)

Atwater

Population

1,0141,217

Median household income

$54,926$66,071

Median home value

$95,100$144,300

Median gross rent

$704$736

Spicer

Population

1,1881,222

Median household income

$57,143$76,406

Median home value

$178,600$278,500

Median gross rent

$694$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atwater	Spicer
Under 5	5.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	28.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	18.8%
65 to 74	4.9%	6.1%
75 and over	5.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atwater	Spicer
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atwater	Spicer
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.4%
High school graduate	40.2%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atwater	Spicer
Drove alone	87.2%	84.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.9%
Other means	2.2%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atwater	Spicer
1-unit, detached	80.5%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	16.8%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atwater	Spicer
Poverty rate	4.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1973	1982