Fulton County vs Spencer County

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

Fulton County and Spencer County are counties in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fulton County has the higher population (20,411 vs 19,871 in Spencer County). Spencer County has the higher median household income ($70,890 vs $62,878 in Fulton County). Spencer County has the higher median home value ($180,200 vs $144,700 in Fulton County).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton County	Spencer County
Population	20,411	19,871
Median age	42.2 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,878	$70,890
Median home value	$144,700	$180,200
Median gross rent	$861	$697
Housing units	9,564	8,685
Homeownership rate	78.1%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton County	Spencer County
Population	20,096 → 20,411 (+1.6%)	20,447 → 19,871 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$52,034 → $62,878 (+20.8%)	$57,305 → $70,890 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $144,700 (+39.7%)	$127,700 → $180,200 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $861 (+24.8%)	$708 → $697 (-1.6%)

Fulton County

Population

20,09620,411

Median household income

$52,034$62,878

Median home value

$103,600$144,700

Median gross rent

$690$861

Spencer County

Population

20,44719,871

Median household income

$57,305$70,890

Median home value

$127,700$180,200

Median gross rent

$708$697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton County	Spencer County
Under 5	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.4%
75 and over	8.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton County	Spencer County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton County	Spencer County
No high school diploma	12.7%	6.9%
High school graduate	41.7%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton County	Spencer County
Drove alone	77.8%	86.6%
Carpooled	14.6%	6.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	4.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton County	Spencer County
1-unit, detached	78.3%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Fulton County	Spencer County
Poverty rate	12.6%	6.6%
Average household size	2.55	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1970	1979