Landis vs Spencer

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

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

Landis has the higher population (3,726 vs 3,305 in Spencer). Landis has the higher median household income ($82,645 vs $64,031 in Spencer). Landis has the higher median home value ($233,400 vs $149,800 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Landis	Spencer
Population	3,726	3,305
Median age	34.6 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,645	$64,031
Median home value	$233,400	$149,800
Median gross rent	$1,017	$1,042
Housing units	1,617	1,541
Homeownership rate	78.6%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Landis	Spencer
Population	3,099 → 3,726 (+20.2%)	3,230 → 3,305 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$69,083 → $82,645 (+19.6%)	$53,163 → $64,031 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $233,400 (+65.8%)	$98,500 → $149,800 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,017 (-4.8%)	$926 → $1,042 (+12.5%)

Landis

Population

3,0993,726

Median household income

$69,083$82,645

Median home value

$140,800$233,400

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,017

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)

	Landis	Spencer
Under 5	11.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	3.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	19.6%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	16.7%
55 to 64	8.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.3%
75 and over	6.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Landis	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	61.2%
Black or African American	7.5%	33.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Landis	Spencer
No high school diploma	7.0%	17.7%
High school graduate	42.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Landis	Spencer
Drove alone	80.3%	75.2%
Carpooled	3.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	17.1%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Landis	Spencer
1-unit, detached	94.0%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Landis	Spencer
Poverty rate	7.2%	13.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1978	1955