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.
As is often the case in a small town, Spencer doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Spencer, just 8.88% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
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.
