Nichols vs Spencer

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

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

Spencer has the higher population (848 vs 612 in Nichols). Nichols has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $50,682 in Spencer). Spencer has the higher median home value ($139,200 vs $137,900 in Nichols).

Population, income & housing

	Nichols	Spencer
Population	612	848
Median age	42.9 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$50,682
Median home value	$137,900	$139,200
Median gross rent	$825	$1,034
Housing units	242	358
Homeownership rate	76.9%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nichols	Spencer
Population	560 → 612 (+9.3%)	694 → 848 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $66,250 (+3.9%)	$50,521 → $50,682 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $137,900 (+56.2%)	$114,300 → $139,200 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $825 (+16.9%)	$730 → $1,034 (+41.6%)

Nichols

Population

560612

Median household income

$63,750$66,250

Median home value

$88,300$137,900

Median gross rent

$706$825

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)

	Nichols	Spencer
Under 5	4.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.2%	22.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	18.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	4.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.7%
75 and over	13.1%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nichols	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nichols	Spencer
No high school diploma	11.3%	14.1%
High school graduate	40.5%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nichols	Spencer
Drove alone	81.1%	80.5%
Carpooled	2.4%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nichols	Spencer
1-unit, detached	78.9%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	15.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Nichols	Spencer
Poverty rate	1.3%	31.7%
Average household size	2.67	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1938	1945