Harrod vs Spencerville

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

Harrod 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 467 in Harrod). Harrod has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $49,938 in Spencerville). Spencerville has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $105,600 in Harrod).

Population, income & housing

	Harrod	Spencerville
Population	467	2,120
Median age	33.1 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$49,938
Median home value	$105,600	$141,700
Median gross rent	$1,063	$848
Housing units	181	946
Homeownership rate	70.7%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrod	Spencerville
Population	379 → 467 (+23.2%)	2,261 → 2,120 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$53,906 → $73,750 (+36.8%)	$43,813 → $49,938 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $105,600 (+16.4%)	$91,800 → $141,700 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $1,063 (+70.1%)	$656 → $848 (+29.3%)

Harrod

Population

379467

Median household income

$53,906$73,750

Median home value

$90,700$105,600

Median gross rent

$625$1,063

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)

	Harrod	Spencerville
Under 5	12.2%	9.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	24.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	23.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.7%
75 and over	4.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrod	Spencerville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	94.3%
Black or African American	3.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	7.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrod	Spencerville
No high school diploma	3.8%	16.9%
High school graduate	36.9%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrod	Spencerville
Drove alone	83.4%	85.8%
Carpooled	3.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.4%	2.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrod	Spencerville
1-unit, detached	88.4%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Harrod	Spencerville
Poverty rate	7.1%	17.4%
Average household size	2.85	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1948	1964