Bluffton vs Spencerville

A side-by-side comparison of Bluffton and Spencerville: population, income, housing, and more.

Bluffton and Spencerville are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bluffton has the higher population (3,799 vs 2,120 in Spencerville). Bluffton has the higher median household income ($77,382 vs $49,938 in Spencerville). Bluffton has the higher median home value ($192,500 vs $141,700 in Spencerville).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffton	Spencerville
Population	3,799	2,120
Median age	35.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,382	$49,938
Median home value	$192,500	$141,700
Median gross rent	$834	$848
Housing units	1,520	946
Homeownership rate	72.3%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffton	Spencerville
Population	4,122 → 3,799 (-7.8%)	2,261 → 2,120 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$74,318 → $77,382 (+4.1%)	$43,813 → $49,938 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$161,900 → $192,500 (+18.9%)	$91,800 → $141,700 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $834 (+11.6%)	$656 → $848 (+29.3%)

Bluffton

Population

4,1223,799

Median household income

$74,318$77,382

Median home value

$161,900$192,500

Median gross rent

$747$834

Spencerville

Population

2,2612,120

Median household income

$43,813$49,938

Median home value

$91,800$141,700

Median gross rent

$656$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffton	Spencerville
Under 5	5.1%	9.3%
5 to 17	19.0%	24.0%
18 to 24	14.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	9.6%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.7%
75 and over	8.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffton	Spencerville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	94.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffton	Spencerville
No high school diploma	1.6%	16.9%
High school graduate	27.6%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffton	Spencerville
Drove alone	69.9%	85.8%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	11.5%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffton	Spencerville
1-unit, detached	71.4%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Bluffton	Spencerville
Poverty rate	1.6%	17.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1970	1964