Fort Shawnee vs Spencerville

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

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

Fort Shawnee has the higher population (5,952 vs 2,120 in Spencerville). Fort Shawnee has the higher median household income ($88,606 vs $49,938 in Spencerville). Fort Shawnee has the higher median home value ($187,800 vs $141,700 in Spencerville).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Shawnee	Spencerville
Population	5,952	2,120
Median age	44.7 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,606	$49,938
Median home value	$187,800	$141,700
Median gross rent	$970	$848
Housing units	2,683	946
Homeownership rate	83.8%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Shawnee	Spencerville
Population	6,009 → 5,952 (-0.9%)	2,261 → 2,120 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$72,192 → $88,606 (+22.7%)	$43,813 → $49,938 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $187,800 (+39.6%)	$91,800 → $141,700 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $970 (+31.6%)	$656 → $848 (+29.3%)

Fort Shawnee

Population

6,0095,952

Median household income

$72,192$88,606

Median home value

$134,500$187,800

Median gross rent

$737$970

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)

	Fort Shawnee	Spencerville
Under 5	4.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	24.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	16.2%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.7%
75 and over	8.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Shawnee	Spencerville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	94.3%
Black or African American	4.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Shawnee	Spencerville
No high school diploma	2.4%	16.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Shawnee	Spencerville
Drove alone	88.5%	85.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.1%	2.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Shawnee	Spencerville
1-unit, detached	77.4%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Shawnee	Spencerville
Poverty rate	6.3%	17.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1973	1964