Lynch vs Spencer

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

Lynch 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 161 in Lynch). Spencer has the higher median household income ($55,469 vs $37,014 in Lynch). Spencer has the higher median home value ($85,800 vs $58,500 in Lynch).

Population, income & housing

	Lynch	Spencer
Population	161	298
Median age	64.3 yrs	59.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,014	$55,469
Median home value	$58,500	$85,800
Median gross rent	$573	$683
Housing units	168	236
Homeownership rate	87.6%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynch	Spencer
Population	206 → 161 (-21.8%)	368 → 298 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$31,389 → $37,014 (+17.9%)	$41,705 → $55,469 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$31,300 → $58,500 (+86.9%)	$76,000 → $85,800 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $573 (-0.3%)	$558 → $683 (+22.4%)

Lynch

Population

206161

Median household income

$31,389$37,014

Median home value

$31,300$58,500

Median gross rent

$575$573

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)

	Lynch	Spencer
Under 5	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	13.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	3.1%	11.4%
25 to 34	7.5%	3.7%
35 to 44	6.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	4.3%	4.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	20.8%
65 to 74	19.9%	22.5%
75 and over	28.0%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynch	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	95.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	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	1.9%	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+

	Lynch	Spencer
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	43.0%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynch	Spencer
Drove alone	77.6%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	15.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	1.2%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynch	Spencer
1-unit, detached	78.0%	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	22.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Lynch	Spencer
Poverty rate	3.2%	11.1%
Average household size	1.78	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1946	1958