Anoka vs Spencer

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

Anoka and Spencer are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spencer has the higher population (298 vs 42 in Anoka). Anoka has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $55,469 in Spencer). Anoka has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $85,800 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Anoka	Spencer
Population	42	298
Median age	36.1 yrs	59.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$55,469
Median home value	$225,000	$85,800
Median gross rent	—	$683
Housing units	14	236
Homeownership rate	100.0%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anoka	Spencer
Population	26 → 42 (+61.5%)	368 → 298 (-19.0%)
Median household income	—	$41,705 → $55,469 (+33.0%)
Median home value	—	$76,000 → $85,800 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$558 → $683 (+22.4%)

Anoka

Population

2642

Spencer

Population

368298

Median household income

$41,705$55,469

Median home value

$76,000$85,800

Median gross rent

$558$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anoka	Spencer
Under 5	14.3%	1.0%
5 to 17	31.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.4%
25 to 34	2.4%	3.7%
35 to 44	33.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	4.8%	4.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	20.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	22.5%
75 and over	7.1%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anoka	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anoka	Spencer
No high school diploma	13.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	56.5%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	13.0%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anoka	Spencer
Drove alone	65.4%	74.4%
Carpooled	30.8%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anoka	Spencer
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Anoka	Spencer
Poverty rate	50.0%	11.1%
Average household size	4.67	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1938	1958