Enochville vs Spencer

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

Enochville and Spencer are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Enochville has the higher population (3,392 vs 3,305 in Spencer). Enochville has the higher median household income ($65,328 vs $64,031 in Spencer). Enochville has the higher median home value ($225,200 vs $149,800 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Enochville	Spencer
Population	3,392	3,305
Median age	38.7 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,328	$64,031
Median home value	$225,200	$149,800
Median gross rent	$1,088	$1,042
Housing units	1,401	1,541
Homeownership rate	55.6%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enochville	Spencer
Population	3,232 → 3,392 (+5.0%)	3,230 → 3,305 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$38,685 → $65,328 (+68.9%)	$53,163 → $64,031 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $225,200 (+88.1%)	$98,500 → $149,800 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $1,088 (+65.1%)	$926 → $1,042 (+12.5%)

Enochville

Population

3,2323,392

Median household income

$38,685$65,328

Median home value

$119,700$225,200

Median gross rent

$659$1,088

Spencer

Population

3,2303,305

Median household income

$53,163$64,031

Median home value

$98,500$149,800

Median gross rent

$926$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Enochville	Spencer
Under 5	4.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	3.3%	4.1%
25 to 34	17.4%	14.9%
35 to 44	17.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.3%
75 and over	5.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enochville	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	61.2%
Black or African American	15.5%	33.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enochville	Spencer
No high school diploma	22.8%	17.7%
High school graduate	20.0%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enochville	Spencer
Drove alone	75.2%	75.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enochville	Spencer
1-unit, detached	75.7%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Enochville	Spencer
Poverty rate	24.0%	13.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1971	1955