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Spencer, TN

1,494 Population
6.6 square miles 227.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±7.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Van Buren County: 47.2 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,206 ±$2,304 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Van Buren County: $27,404 ±$2,180
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$46,563 ±$10,653 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Van Buren County: $60,281 † ±$10,158
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

9.8% ±5% (137  ±76) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Van Buren County: 13.9% † 843 (±3.7% / ±226)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

29.4 minutes ±7.8 (16,630  ±6,535) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Van Buren County: 31 † 77,205 (±3.4 / ±10,729)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

635 ±104 Number of households
  • Van Buren County: 2,462 ±129
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.2 ±0.3 (1,403  ±289) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Van Buren County: 2.5 6,202 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

1.5% ±2.6% (5  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Van Buren County: 2.4% † 29 (±2.5% / ±30)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

759 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Van Buren County: 2,915 ±23
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$135,000 ±$23,484 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Van Buren County: $149,200 † ±$18,273
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

5.4% ±3.2% (80  ±49.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Van Buren County: 8.4% † 528 (±4.2% / ±260.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

81.6% ±18.2% (964  ±145) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Van Buren County: 84.2% 3,842 (±7.1% / ±330.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
8.9% ±4.1% (105  ±51.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Van Buren County: 14% † 638 (±3.3% / ±150.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% ±0.5% (5  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Van Buren County: 0.8% 51
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

5.9% ±2.4% (75  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Van Buren County: 9% † 447 (±1.9% / ±92)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
75 Total veterans ±34 71 Male ±32 4 Female ±6

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