It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Spencer has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Spencer has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Spencer than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Spencer may be for you.
One downside of living in Spencer, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.02 minutes every day commuting to work.
The citizens of Spencer are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.25% of adults in Spencer having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Spencer in 2022 was $43,291, which is lower middle income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,164 for a family of four. However, Spencer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Spencer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spencer residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Spencer include Irish, English, French, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Spencer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
