Spencer vs Tioga Terrace

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

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

Tioga Terrace has the higher population (2,206 vs 848 in Spencer). Tioga Terrace has the higher median household income ($126,250 vs $50,682 in Spencer). Tioga Terrace has the higher median home value ($209,700 vs $139,200 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Spencer	Tioga Terrace
Population	848	2,206
Median age	34.5 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,682	$126,250
Median home value	$139,200	$209,700
Median gross rent	$1,034	—
Housing units	358	856
Homeownership rate	62.6%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spencer	Tioga Terrace
Population	694 → 848 (+22.2%)	2,367 → 2,206 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$50,521 → $50,682 (+0.3%)	$108,202 → $126,250 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$114,300 → $139,200 (+21.8%)	$164,500 → $209,700 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $1,034 (+41.6%)	—

Spencer

Population

694848

Median household income

$50,521$50,682

Median home value

$114,300$139,200

Median gross rent

$730$1,034

Tioga Terrace

Population

2,3672,206

Median household income

$108,202$126,250

Median home value

$164,500$209,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spencer	Tioga Terrace
Under 5	5.9%	2.0%
5 to 17	22.4%	20.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	18.3%	3.6%
35 to 44	4.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	15.1%
75 and over	8.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spencer	Tioga Terrace
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spencer	Tioga Terrace
No high school diploma	14.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	32.4%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spencer	Tioga Terrace
Drove alone	80.5%	77.2%
Carpooled	2.3%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	12.2%
Other means	7.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spencer	Tioga Terrace
1-unit, detached	66.8%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Spencer	Tioga Terrace
Poverty rate	31.7%	0.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1945	1969