Spencerville vs Waterflow

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

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

Waterflow has the higher population (1,215 vs 1,100 in Spencerville). Spencerville has the higher median household income ($60,708 vs $60,278 in Waterflow). Spencerville has the higher median home value ($255,400 vs $167,700 in Waterflow).

Population, income & housing

	Spencerville	Waterflow
Population	1,100	1,215
Median age	54.4 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,708	$60,278
Median home value	$255,400	$167,700
Median gross rent	$1,169	$1,602
Housing units	495	548
Homeownership rate	80.4%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spencerville	Waterflow
Population	1,609 → 1,100 (-31.6%)	1,623 → 1,215 (-25.1%)
Median household income	$72,738 → $60,708 (-16.5%)	$62,404 → $60,278 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$137,200 → $255,400 (+86.2%)	$158,200 → $167,700 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $1,169 (-8.6%)	$1,099 → $1,602 (+45.8%)

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

Waterflow

Population

1,6231,215

Median household income

$62,404$60,278

Median home value

$158,200$167,700

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,602

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spencerville	Waterflow
Under 5	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	23.2%
18 to 24	14.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	4.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	6.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.7%	16.9%
55 to 64	24.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	20.5%	11.9%
75 and over	3.5%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spencerville	Waterflow
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	41.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	35.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	20.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spencerville	Waterflow
No high school diploma	3.9%	19.3%
High school graduate	45.3%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spencerville	Waterflow
Drove alone	66.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	2.2%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.8%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spencerville	Waterflow
1-unit, detached	59.0%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.0%	29.6%

Poverty & households

	Spencerville	Waterflow
Poverty rate	13.5%	11.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1983	1986