Newark Valley vs Spencer

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

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

Newark Valley has the higher population (1,149 vs 848 in Spencer). Newark Valley has the higher median household income ($68,229 vs $50,682 in Spencer). Spencer has the higher median home value ($139,200 vs $118,600 in Newark Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Newark Valley	Spencer
Population	1,149	848
Median age	38.9 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,229	$50,682
Median home value	$118,600	$139,200
Median gross rent	$895	$1,034
Housing units	458	358
Homeownership rate	82.0%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newark Valley	Spencer
Population	987 → 1,149 (+16.4%)	694 → 848 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$58,393 → $68,229 (+16.8%)	$50,521 → $50,682 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$100,500 → $118,600 (+18.0%)	$114,300 → $139,200 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $895 (+39.4%)	$730 → $1,034 (+41.6%)

Newark Valley

Population

9871,149

Median household income

$58,393$68,229

Median home value

$100,500$118,600

Median gross rent

$642$895

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)

	Newark Valley	Spencer
Under 5	6.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	24.5%	22.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	18.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	4.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.7%
75 and over	7.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newark Valley	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newark Valley	Spencer
No high school diploma	5.9%	14.1%
High school graduate	31.5%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newark Valley	Spencer
Drove alone	76.0%	80.5%
Carpooled	11.2%	2.3%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	9.6%
Other means	1.0%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newark Valley	Spencer
1-unit, detached	72.7%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	15.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Newark Valley	Spencer
Poverty rate	6.5%	31.7%
Average household size	2.76	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1938	1945