Chippewa Lake vs Spencer

A side-by-side comparison of Chippewa Lake and Spencer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chippewa Lake has the higher population (671 vs 603 in Spencer). Chippewa Lake has the higher median household income ($81,542 vs $55,250 in Spencer). Chippewa Lake has the higher median home value ($169,900 vs $154,400 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Chippewa Lake	Spencer
Population	671	603
Median age	51.5 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,542	$55,250
Median home value	$169,900	$154,400
Median gross rent	$1,135	$832
Housing units	398	259
Homeownership rate	81.6%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chippewa Lake	Spencer
Population	795 → 671 (-15.6%)	585 → 603 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$58,250 → $81,542 (+40.0%)	$46,635 → $55,250 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $169,900 (+24.3%)	$114,700 → $154,400 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,135 (+16.6%)	$731 → $832 (+13.8%)

Chippewa Lake

Population

795671

Median household income

$58,250$81,542

Median home value

$136,700$169,900

Median gross rent

$973$1,135

Spencer

Population

585603

Median household income

$46,635$55,250

Median home value

$114,700$154,400

Median gross rent

$731$832

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chippewa Lake	Spencer
Under 5	0.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	9.8%	18.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	6.0%	16.4%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	18.5%	6.5%
55 to 64	19.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	20.6%	7.6%
75 and over	4.9%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chippewa Lake	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chippewa Lake	Spencer
No high school diploma	3.4%	9.0%
High school graduate	41.5%	56.4%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chippewa Lake	Spencer
Drove alone	83.7%	83.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	4.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chippewa Lake	Spencer
1-unit, detached	96.2%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chippewa Lake	Spencer
Poverty rate	5.7%	10.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1954	1938