South River vs Spencerville

A side-by-side comparison of South River and Spencerville: population, income, housing, and more.

South River and Spencerville are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South River has the higher population (1,594 vs 1,100 in Spencerville). Spencerville has the higher median household income ($60,708 vs $56,307 in South River). Spencerville has the higher median home value ($255,400 vs $215,000 in South River).

Population, income & housing

	South River	Spencerville
Population	1,594	1,100
Median age	56.5 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,307	$60,708
Median home value	$215,000	$255,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,169
Housing units	754	495
Homeownership rate	92.4%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South River	Spencerville
Population	2,248 → 1,594 (-29.1%)	1,609 → 1,100 (-31.6%)
Median household income	$72,000 → $56,307 (-21.8%)	$72,738 → $60,708 (-16.5%)
Median home value	$191,400 → $215,000 (+12.3%)	$137,200 → $255,400 (+86.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,279 → $1,169 (-8.6%)

South River

Population

2,2481,594

Median household income

$72,000$56,307

Median home value

$191,400$215,000

Spencerville

Population

1,6091,100

Median household income

$72,738$60,708

Median home value

$137,200$255,400

Median gross rent

$1,279$1,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	South River	Spencerville
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	14.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	4.2%
35 to 44	6.1%	6.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	23.1%	24.5%
65 to 74	18.9%	20.5%
75 and over	12.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South River	Spencerville
White (non-Hispanic)	64.2%	74.1%
Black or African American	10.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South River	Spencerville
No high school diploma	10.8%	3.9%
High school graduate	17.5%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	50.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South River	Spencerville
Drove alone	94.7%	66.4%
Carpooled	0.6%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	25.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South River	Spencerville
1-unit, detached	52.1%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	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	46.7%	41.0%

Poverty & households

	South River	Spencerville
Poverty rate	14.6%	13.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	32	19
Median year structure built	1992	1983