Bristow vs Spencer

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

Bristow 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 58 in Bristow). Spencer has the higher median household income ($55,469 vs $46,250 in Bristow). Since 2019, Spencer's population has grown faster (-19.0% vs -41.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Bristow	Spencer
Population	58	298
Median age	46.0 yrs	59.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$55,469
Median home value	—	$85,800
Median gross rent	—	$683
Housing units	45	236
Homeownership rate	95.0%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristow	Spencer
Population	99 → 58 (-41.4%)	368 → 298 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $46,250 (+5.7%)	$41,705 → $55,469 (+33.0%)
Median home value	—	$76,000 → $85,800 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $775 (+5.0%)	$558 → $683 (+22.4%)

Bristow

Population

9958

Median household income

$43,750$46,250

Median gross rent

$738$775

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)

	Bristow	Spencer
Under 5	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	41.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.4%
25 to 34	1.7%	3.7%
35 to 44	6.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	19.0%	4.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	20.8%
65 to 74	12.1%	22.5%
75 and over	10.3%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristow	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	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	1.7%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristow	Spencer
No high school diploma	2.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	23.5%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristow	Spencer
Drove alone	91.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristow	Spencer
1-unit, detached	75.6%	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	24.4%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Bristow	Spencer
Poverty rate	8.6%	11.1%
Average household size	2.90	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1938	1958