Spencer vs Westfield Center

A side-by-side comparison of Spencer and Westfield Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Westfield Center has the higher population (1,248 vs 603 in Spencer). Westfield Center has the higher median household income ($107,143 vs $55,250 in Spencer). Westfield Center has the higher median home value ($331,300 vs $154,400 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Spencer	Westfield Center
Population	603	1,248
Median age	35.9 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,250	$107,143
Median home value	$154,400	$331,300
Median gross rent	$832	$1,573
Housing units	259	512
Homeownership rate	78.3%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spencer	Westfield Center
Population	585 → 603 (+3.1%)	1,212 → 1,248 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$46,635 → $55,250 (+18.5%)	$85,625 → $107,143 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$114,700 → $154,400 (+34.6%)	$211,600 → $331,300 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $832 (+13.8%)	$469 → $1,573 (+235.4%)

Spencer

Population

585603

Median household income

$46,635$55,250

Median home value

$114,700$154,400

Median gross rent

$731$832

Westfield Center

Population

1,2121,248

Median household income

$85,625$107,143

Median home value

$211,600$331,300

Median gross rent

$469$1,573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spencer	Westfield Center
Under 5	5.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.9%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	5.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	5.4%
45 to 54	6.5%	16.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	12.9%
75 and over	12.3%	24.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spencer	Westfield Center
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	81.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	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	0.0%	10.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spencer	Westfield Center
No high school diploma	9.0%	15.4%
High school graduate	56.4%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spencer	Westfield Center
Drove alone	83.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	4.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spencer	Westfield Center
1-unit, detached	80.3%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Spencer	Westfield Center
Poverty rate	10.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1938	1977