Spencer is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,539 people and two associated neighborhoods, Spencer is the 253rd largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Spencer is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.77% of the Spencer workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Spencer is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Spencer who work in healthcare suport services (10.82%), maintenance occupations (8.49%), and food service (6.49%). Overall, Spencer’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Spencer has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Spencer a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Spencer is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Spencer has a very low overall level of education: only 8.88% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Spencer in 2022 was $24,206, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,824 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, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Spencer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Asian languages.
