Canistota vs Spencer

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

Canistota and Spencer are places in South Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Canistota has the higher population (664 vs 126 in Spencer). Canistota has the higher median household income ($61,979 vs $57,917 in Spencer). Spencer has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $112,200 in Canistota).

Population, income & housing

	Canistota	Spencer
Population	664	126
Median age	42.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,979	$57,917
Median home value	$112,200	$137,500
Median gross rent	—	$425
Housing units	296	74
Homeownership rate	88.6%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canistota	Spencer
Population	709 → 664 (-6.3%)	143 → 126 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$45,909 → $61,979 (+35.0%)	$49,306 → $57,917 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $112,200 (+24.0%)	$80,000 → $137,500 (+71.9%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $571 (+5.0%)	$400 → $425 (+6.3%)

Canistota

Population

709664

Median household income

$45,909$61,979

Median home value

$90,500$112,200

Median gross rent

$544$571

Spencer

Population

143126

Median household income

$49,306$57,917

Median home value

$80,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$400$425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canistota	Spencer
Under 5	5.4%	9.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.3%
18 to 24	12.3%	3.2%
25 to 34	5.7%	4.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.9%
45 to 54	15.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	16.4%	7.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.1%
75 and over	6.3%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canistota	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canistota	Spencer
No high school diploma	8.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	42.1%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canistota	Spencer
Drove alone	74.4%	68.0%
Carpooled	9.8%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	10.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	6.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canistota	Spencer
1-unit, detached	92.9%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	13.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Canistota	Spencer
Poverty rate	10.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1938	1956