Spencerville vs Westminster

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

Spencerville and Westminster 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 477 in Westminster). Westminster has the higher median household income ($87,955 vs $49,938 in Spencerville). Westminster has the higher median home value ($179,200 vs $141,700 in Spencerville).

Population, income & housing

	Spencerville	Westminster
Population	2,120	477
Median age	35.3 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,938	$87,955
Median home value	$141,700	$179,200
Median gross rent	$848	—
Housing units	946	116
Homeownership rate	63.8%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spencerville	Westminster
Population	2,261 → 2,120 (-6.2%)	492 → 477 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$43,813 → $49,938 (+14.0%)	$55,350 → $87,955 (+58.9%)
Median home value	$91,800 → $141,700 (+54.4%)	$135,100 → $179,200 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $848 (+29.3%)	—

Spencerville

Population

2,2612,120

Median household income

$43,813$49,938

Median home value

$91,800$141,700

Median gross rent

$656$848

Westminster

Population

492477

Median household income

$55,350$87,955

Median home value

$135,100$179,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spencerville	Westminster
Under 5	9.3%	8.8%
5 to 17	24.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	14.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	21.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.9%
45 to 54	8.2%	16.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	1.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	2.7%
75 and over	4.5%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spencerville	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spencerville	Westminster
No high school diploma	16.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	45.7%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spencerville	Westminster
Drove alone	85.8%	85.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	10.2%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spencerville	Westminster
1-unit, detached	69.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Spencerville	Westminster
Poverty rate	17.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.45	4.11
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1964	1962