Naper vs Spencer

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

Naper 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 117 in Naper). Spencer has the higher median household income ($55,469 vs $26,719 in Naper). Spencer has the higher median home value ($85,800 vs $24,400 in Naper).

Population, income & housing

	Naper	Spencer
Population	117	298
Median age	35.2 yrs	59.3 yrs
Median household income	$26,719	$55,469
Median home value	$24,400	$85,800
Median gross rent	—	$683
Housing units	57	236
Homeownership rate	89.4%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Naper	Spencer
Population	94 → 117 (+24.5%)	368 → 298 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$26,375 → $26,719 (+1.3%)	$41,705 → $55,469 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$19,700 → $24,400 (+23.9%)	$76,000 → $85,800 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$558 → $683 (+22.4%)

Naper

Population

94117

Median household income

$26,375$26,719

Median home value

$19,700$24,400

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)

	Naper	Spencer
Under 5	5.1%	1.0%
5 to 17	33.3%	11.7%
18 to 24	1.7%	11.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	3.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	6.8%	4.4%
55 to 64	6.0%	20.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	22.5%
75 and over	13.7%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Naper	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	33.3%	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	5.1%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Naper	Spencer
No high school diploma	24.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	42.9%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Naper	Spencer
Drove alone	69.4%	74.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	15.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Naper	Spencer
1-unit, detached	71.9%	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	28.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Naper	Spencer
Poverty rate	11.1%	11.1%
Average household size	2.49	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1976	1958