Spicer vs Willmar

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

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

Willmar has the higher population (21,136 vs 1,222 in Spicer). Spicer has the higher median household income ($76,406 vs $63,368 in Willmar). Spicer has the higher median home value ($278,500 vs $186,000 in Willmar).

Population, income & housing

	Spicer	Willmar
Population	1,222	21,136
Median age	44.5 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,406	$63,368
Median home value	$278,500	$186,000
Median gross rent	$825	$830
Housing units	661	8,880
Homeownership rate	67.5%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spicer	Willmar
Population	1,188 → 1,222 (+2.9%)	19,712 → 21,136 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$57,143 → $76,406 (+33.7%)	$47,826 → $63,368 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$178,600 → $278,500 (+55.9%)	$133,000 → $186,000 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $825 (+18.9%)	$785 → $830 (+5.7%)

Spicer

Population

1,1881,222

Median household income

$57,143$76,406

Median home value

$178,600$278,500

Median gross rent

$694$825

Willmar

Population

19,71221,136

Median household income

$47,826$63,368

Median home value

$133,000$186,000

Median gross rent

$785$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spicer	Willmar
Under 5	3.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	8.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	18.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.3%
75 and over	9.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spicer	Willmar
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	59.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.1%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	10.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spicer	Willmar
No high school diploma	3.4%	14.3%
High school graduate	25.6%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spicer	Willmar
Drove alone	84.4%	75.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	11.7%
Public transit	2.1%	1.9%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	3.9%	7.2%
Other means	3.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spicer	Willmar
1-unit, detached	61.0%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	16.8%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	8.8%
20 or more units	3.5%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Spicer	Willmar
Poverty rate	8.9%	15.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	17	13
Median year structure built	1982	1976