Prinsburg vs Spicer

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

Prinsburg 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 615 in Prinsburg). Prinsburg has the higher median household income ($105,323 vs $76,406 in Spicer). Spicer has the higher median home value ($278,500 vs $186,800 in Prinsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Prinsburg	Spicer
Population	615	1,222
Median age	28.4 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$105,323	$76,406
Median home value	$186,800	$278,500
Median gross rent	$933	$825
Housing units	231	661
Homeownership rate	88.1%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prinsburg	Spicer
Population	532 → 615 (+15.6%)	1,188 → 1,222 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$58,036 → $105,323 (+81.5%)	$57,143 → $76,406 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$132,700 → $186,800 (+40.8%)	$178,600 → $278,500 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $933 (+27.3%)	$694 → $825 (+18.9%)

Prinsburg

Population

532615

Median household income

$58,036$105,323

Median home value

$132,700$186,800

Median gross rent

$733$933

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)

	Prinsburg	Spicer
Under 5	4.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	23.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	12.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.6%	15.5%
55 to 64	4.4%	18.8%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.1%
75 and over	12.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prinsburg	Spicer
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	79.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prinsburg	Spicer
No high school diploma	7.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	19.2%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prinsburg	Spicer
Drove alone	74.0%	84.4%
Carpooled	13.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	4.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	4.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prinsburg	Spicer
1-unit, detached	91.8%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	16.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Prinsburg	Spicer
Poverty rate	7.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.86	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1971	1982