2017 Spencer Comprehensive Land Use Plan

Spencer, Iowa  2017  Comprehensive Plan

roomers, is also counted as a household. The count of households excludes group quarters. There are two major categories of households, "family" and "nonfamily". (See definitions of Family household and Nonfamily household). Family Household- A family household is a household maintained by a householder who is in a family, and includes any unrelated people (unrelated subfamily members and/or secondary individuals) who may be residing there. The number of family households is equal to the number of families. The count of family household members differs from the count of family members, however, in that the family household members include all people living in the household, whereas family members include only the householder and his/her relatives. Nonfamily Household- A nonfamily household consists of a householder living alone (one-person household) or where the householder shares the home exclusively with people to whom he/she is not related.

Table 13 - Household and Family Income Comparison of Spencer and cities of comparable size 2015 Median Household Income 2015 Median Family Income

2015 Median Family Nonfamily Income

Spencer LeMars

$45,688 $50,283

$61,216 $71,031 $77,784 $74,844 $53,362 $66,701 $63,613

$29,271 $30,208 $42,056 $20,333 $22,727 $21,281 $27,021

Sioux Center $66,906

Spirit Lake Storm Lake

$56,485 $43,539 $43,078 $49,219

Carroll

Clear Lake

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2014 American Community Survey

Figure 28 - Comparative Median Household and Family Income

$61,216

Spencer

$45,688

$71,031

LeMars

$50,283

$77,784

Sioux Center

$66,906

$74,844

Spirit Lake

$56,485

$53,362

Storm Lake

$43,539

$66,701

Carroll

$43,078

$63,613

Clear Lake

$49,219

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