Spencer is a tiny village located in the state of New York. With a population of 700 people and just one neighborhood, Spencer is the 818th largest community in New York. Spencer has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.
Unlike some villages, Spencer isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Spencer are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Spencer is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Spencer who work in office and administrative support (17.00%), maintenance occupations (13.03%), and architecture and engineering (5.67%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.63% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
As is often the case in a small village, Spencer doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Spencer who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.18% of adults in Spencer have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Spencer in 2022 was $27,844, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,376 for a family of four. However, Spencer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Spencer also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.72% of its population below the federal poverty line.
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 English, German, Dutch, Polish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Spencer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 4.1% have Dutch ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Spencer are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 30.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.6%), and 20.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Spencer, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.8%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (4.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (56.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (83.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.