Spencer vs Valley City

A side-by-side comparison of Spencer and Valley City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Valley City has the higher population (696 vs 603 in Spencer). Valley City has the higher median household income ($124,000 vs $55,250 in Spencer). Valley City has the higher median home value ($464,900 vs $154,400 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Spencer	Valley City
Population	603	696
Median age	35.9 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,250	$124,000
Median home value	$154,400	$464,900
Median gross rent	$832	—
Housing units	259	326
Homeownership rate	78.3%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spencer	Valley City
Population	585 → 603 (+3.1%)	520 → 696 (+33.8%)
Median household income	$46,635 → $55,250 (+18.5%)	$82,950 → $124,000 (+49.5%)
Median home value	$114,700 → $154,400 (+34.6%)	$314,100 → $464,900 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $832 (+13.8%)	—

Spencer

Population

585603

Median household income

$46,635$55,250

Median home value

$114,700$154,400

Median gross rent

$731$832

Valley City

Population

520696

Median household income

$82,950$124,000

Median home value

$314,100$464,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spencer	Valley City
Under 5	5.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	18.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	16.2%
45 to 54	6.5%	0.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	21.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	21.4%
75 and over	12.3%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spencer	Valley City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	96.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	3.2%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spencer	Valley City
No high school diploma	9.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	56.4%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spencer	Valley City
Drove alone	83.0%	64.1%
Carpooled	7.9%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	24.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spencer	Valley City
1-unit, detached	80.3%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Spencer	Valley City
Poverty rate	10.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1938	2002