Perry County vs Spencer County

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

Perry 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.

Spencer County has the higher population (19,871 vs 19,218 in Perry County). Spencer County has the higher median household income ($70,890 vs $61,099 in Perry County). Spencer County has the higher median home value ($180,200 vs $146,000 in Perry County).

Population, income & housing

	Perry County	Spencer County
Population	19,218	19,871
Median age	41.1 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,099	$70,890
Median home value	$146,000	$180,200
Median gross rent	$676	$697
Housing units	8,544	8,685
Homeownership rate	74.9%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perry County	Spencer County
Population	19,102 → 19,218 (+0.6%)	20,447 → 19,871 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$52,348 → $61,099 (+16.7%)	$57,305 → $70,890 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$111,500 → $146,000 (+30.9%)	$127,700 → $180,200 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$571 → $676 (+18.4%)	$708 → $697 (-1.6%)

Perry County

Population

19,10219,218

Median household income

$52,348$61,099

Median home value

$111,500$146,000

Median gross rent

$571$676

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)

	Perry County	Spencer County
Under 5	5.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.4%
75 and over	7.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perry County	Spencer County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perry County	Spencer County
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	46.3%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perry County	Spencer County
Drove alone	84.6%	86.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	4.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perry County	Spencer County
1-unit, detached	75.4%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	4.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Perry County	Spencer County
Poverty rate	12.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1973	1979