Elida vs Spencerville

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

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

Spencerville has the higher population (2,120 vs 2,017 in Elida). Elida has the higher median household income ($74,798 vs $49,938 in Spencerville). Elida has the higher median home value ($206,600 vs $141,700 in Spencerville).

Population, income & housing

	Elida	Spencerville
Population	2,017	2,120
Median age	39.6 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,798	$49,938
Median home value	$206,600	$141,700
Median gross rent	$1,175	$848
Housing units	812	946
Homeownership rate	78.8%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elida	Spencerville
Population	2,233 → 2,017 (-9.7%)	2,261 → 2,120 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$67,344 → $74,798 (+11.1%)	$43,813 → $49,938 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$154,400 → $206,600 (+33.8%)	$91,800 → $141,700 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,040 → $1,175 (+13.0%)	$656 → $848 (+29.3%)

Elida

Population

2,2332,017

Median household income

$67,344$74,798

Median home value

$154,400$206,600

Median gross rent

$1,040$1,175

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)

	Elida	Spencerville
Under 5	7.7%	9.3%
5 to 17	20.1%	24.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	8.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.7%
75 and over	7.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elida	Spencerville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	94.3%
Black or African American	6.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	7.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elida	Spencerville
No high school diploma	2.2%	16.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elida	Spencerville
Drove alone	87.9%	85.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elida	Spencerville
1-unit, detached	93.5%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Elida	Spencerville
Poverty rate	4.9%	17.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1971	1964