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.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Spencer is worth considering.
Being a small town, Spencer does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
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.
