Maine vs Spencer

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

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

Maine has the higher population (2,608 vs 1,621 in Spencer). Maine has the higher median household income ($110,592 vs $74,245 in Spencer). Maine has the higher median home value ($262,100 vs $143,000 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Maine	Spencer
Population	2,608	1,621
Median age	48.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$110,592	$74,245
Median home value	$262,100	$143,000
Median gross rent	$902	$550
Housing units	1,177	726
Homeownership rate	92.8%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maine	Spencer
Population	2,581 → 2,608 (+1.0%)	1,815 → 1,621 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$76,306 → $110,592 (+44.9%)	$54,063 → $74,245 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$192,400 → $262,100 (+36.2%)	$112,300 → $143,000 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $902 (+16.1%)	$665 → $550 (-17.3%)

Maine

Population

2,5812,608

Median household income

$76,306$110,592

Median home value

$192,400$262,100

Median gross rent

$777$902

Spencer

Population

1,8151,621

Median household income

$54,063$74,245

Median home value

$112,300$143,000

Median gross rent

$665$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maine	Spencer
Under 5	3.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	20.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	5.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	18.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	17.6%	6.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.3%
75 and over	6.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maine	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maine	Spencer
No high school diploma	4.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	23.3%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maine	Spencer
Drove alone	76.7%	68.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	14.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maine	Spencer
1-unit, detached	91.3%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Maine	Spencer
Poverty rate	2.1%	2.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1981	1971