Mosinee vs Spencer

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

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

Mosinee has the higher population (4,492 vs 1,621 in Spencer). Spencer has the higher median household income ($74,245 vs $71,314 in Mosinee). Mosinee has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $143,000 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Mosinee	Spencer
Population	4,492	1,621
Median age	33.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,314	$74,245
Median home value	$150,000	$143,000
Median gross rent	$1,056	$550
Housing units	2,176	726
Homeownership rate	62.8%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mosinee	Spencer
Population	4,033 → 4,492 (+11.4%)	1,815 → 1,621 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$55,318 → $71,314 (+28.9%)	$54,063 → $74,245 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$122,100 → $150,000 (+22.9%)	$112,300 → $143,000 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $1,056 (+49.4%)	$665 → $550 (-17.3%)

Mosinee

Population

4,0334,492

Median household income

$55,318$71,314

Median home value

$122,100$150,000

Median gross rent

$707$1,056

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)

	Mosinee	Spencer
Under 5	5.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.1%	20.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	3.9%
25 to 34	23.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	6.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.3%
75 and over	8.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mosinee	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mosinee	Spencer
No high school diploma	5.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	34.1%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mosinee	Spencer
Drove alone	84.4%	68.2%
Carpooled	3.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	3.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	14.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mosinee	Spencer
1-unit, detached	69.8%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	5.8%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Mosinee	Spencer
Poverty rate	10.3%	2.2%
Average household size	2.12	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1973	1971