Apalachin vs Spencer

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

Apalachin and Spencer are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Apalachin has the higher population (2,076 vs 848 in Spencer). Apalachin has the higher median household income ($79,919 vs $50,682 in Spencer). Apalachin has the higher median home value ($160,800 vs $139,200 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Apalachin	Spencer
Population	2,076	848
Median age	43.8 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,919	$50,682
Median home value	$160,800	$139,200
Median gross rent	$871	$1,034
Housing units	904	358
Homeownership rate	82.1%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apalachin	Spencer
Population	1,037 → 2,076 (+100.2%)	694 → 848 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$60,369 → $79,919 (+32.4%)	$50,521 → $50,682 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$133,200 → $160,800 (+20.7%)	$114,300 → $139,200 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $871 (+18.8%)	$730 → $1,034 (+41.6%)

Apalachin

Population

1,0372,076

Median household income

$60,369$79,919

Median home value

$133,200$160,800

Median gross rent

$733$871

Spencer

Population

694848

Median household income

$50,521$50,682

Median home value

$114,300$139,200

Median gross rent

$730$1,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apalachin	Spencer
Under 5	4.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.4%	22.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	18.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	4.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	19.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.7%
75 and over	5.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apalachin	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apalachin	Spencer
No high school diploma	5.4%	14.1%
High school graduate	22.6%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apalachin	Spencer
Drove alone	74.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	9.6%
Other means	0.6%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apalachin	Spencer
1-unit, detached	87.5%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	15.4%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Apalachin	Spencer
Poverty rate	14.5%	31.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1967	1945