Lima vs Spencerville

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

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

Lima has the higher population (35,304 vs 2,120 in Spencerville). Spencerville has the higher median household income ($49,938 vs $43,370 in Lima). Spencerville has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $95,900 in Lima).

Population, income & housing

	Lima	Spencerville
Population	35,304	2,120
Median age	35.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,370	$49,938
Median home value	$95,900	$141,700
Median gross rent	$865	$848
Housing units	15,802	946
Homeownership rate	46.4%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lima	Spencerville
Population	37,117 → 35,304 (-4.9%)	2,261 → 2,120 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$35,799 → $43,370 (+21.1%)	$43,813 → $49,938 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$66,600 → $95,900 (+44.0%)	$91,800 → $141,700 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $865 (+29.7%)	$656 → $848 (+29.3%)

Lima

Population

37,11735,304

Median household income

$35,799$43,370

Median home value

$66,600$95,900

Median gross rent

$667$865

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)

	Lima	Spencerville
Under 5	5.4%	9.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	24.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	8.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.7%
75 and over	6.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lima	Spencerville
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	94.3%
Black or African American	23.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.4%
Two or more races	8.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lima	Spencerville
No high school diploma	12.2%	16.9%
High school graduate	45.4%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lima	Spencerville
Drove alone	80.5%	85.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.9%
Public transit	1.4%	2.4%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lima	Spencerville
1-unit, detached	72.0%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Lima	Spencerville
Poverty rate	24.8%	17.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1953	1964