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Spencer, TN
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Spencer profile


Living in Spencer



Spencer is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,520 people and two associated neighborhoods, Spencer is the 253rd largest community in Tennessee.

Spencer’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

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.

Being a small town, Spencer does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The population of Spencer has a very low overall level of education: only 6.69% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Spencer in 2022 was $21,210, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,840 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, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Spencer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Asian languages.


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