Pennock vs Spicer

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

Pennock 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 510 in Pennock). Spicer has the higher median household income ($76,406 vs $68,846 in Pennock). Spicer has the higher median home value ($278,500 vs $140,500 in Pennock).

Population, income & housing

	Pennock	Spicer
Population	510	1,222
Median age	28.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,846	$76,406
Median home value	$140,500	$278,500
Median gross rent	$1,098	$825
Housing units	209	661
Homeownership rate	65.3%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennock	Spicer
Population	557 → 510 (-8.4%)	1,188 → 1,222 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$67,500 → $68,846 (+2.0%)	$57,143 → $76,406 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $140,500 (+18.3%)	$178,600 → $278,500 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $1,098 (+73.7%)	$694 → $825 (+18.9%)

Pennock

Population

557510

Median household income

$67,500$68,846

Median home value

$118,800$140,500

Median gross rent

$632$1,098

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)

	Pennock	Spicer
Under 5	8.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	25.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	10.4%
25 to 34	17.3%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.5%
55 to 64	8.0%	18.8%
65 to 74	3.9%	6.1%
75 and over	1.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennock	Spicer
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	79.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennock	Spicer
No high school diploma	12.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	26.3%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	53.3%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennock	Spicer
Drove alone	76.3%	84.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	5.5%
Public transit	0.4%	2.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennock	Spicer
1-unit, detached	86.6%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	16.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pennock	Spicer
Poverty rate	11.8%	8.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1973	1982