Spencerville vs Upper Fruitland

A side-by-side comparison of Spencerville and Upper Fruitland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Upper Fruitland has the higher population (1,496 vs 1,100 in Spencerville). Spencerville has the higher median household income ($60,708 vs $40,446 in Upper Fruitland). Spencerville has the higher median home value ($255,400 vs $91,700 in Upper Fruitland).

Population, income & housing

	Spencerville	Upper Fruitland
Population	1,100	1,496
Median age	54.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,708	$40,446
Median home value	$255,400	$91,700
Median gross rent	$1,169	—
Housing units	495	516
Homeownership rate	80.4%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spencerville	Upper Fruitland
Population	1,609 → 1,100 (-31.6%)	1,686 → 1,496 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$72,738 → $60,708 (-16.5%)	$41,023 → $40,446 (-1.4%)
Median home value	$137,200 → $255,400 (+86.2%)	$71,700 → $91,700 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $1,169 (-8.6%)	—

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

Upper Fruitland

Population

1,6861,496

Median household income

$41,023$40,446

Median home value

$71,700$91,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spencerville	Upper Fruitland
Under 5	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	10.1%
18 to 24	14.0%	11.0%
25 to 34	4.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	6.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	24.5%	18.1%
65 to 74	20.5%	12.2%
75 and over	3.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spencerville	Upper Fruitland
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	0.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	90.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spencerville	Upper Fruitland
No high school diploma	3.9%	24.4%
High school graduate	45.3%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spencerville	Upper Fruitland
Drove alone	66.4%	92.6%
Carpooled	2.2%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.8%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spencerville	Upper Fruitland
1-unit, detached	59.0%	58.7%
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	41.0%	41.3%

Poverty & households

	Spencerville	Upper Fruitland
Poverty rate	13.5%	31.1%
Average household size	2.48	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1983	1984