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Spencer, TN

1,511 Population
6.6 square miles 230.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.9 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Van Buren County: 47.2 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,361 ±$3,038 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Van Buren County: $27,757 ±$2,093
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,705 ±$10,590 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Van Buren County: $54,931 † ±$11,768
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.8% ±5% (126  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Van Buren County: 16.1% † 1,004 (±5% / ±315)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.4 minutes ±6.3 (14,210  ±5,127) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Van Buren County: 29.6 71,350 (±2.7 / ±9,307)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

658 ±102 Number of households
  • Van Buren County: 2,569 ±119
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (1,428  ±258) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Van Buren County: 2.5 6,354 (±0.1 / ±3)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

729 ±108 Number of housing units
  • Van Buren County: 2,922 ±19
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$150,800 ±$26,205 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Van Buren County: $159,200 ±$10,494
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.4% ±8.2% (232  ±129.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Van Buren County: 7.4% † 472 (±3.2% / ±204.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.4% ±4.5% (1,004  ±162) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Van Buren County: 86.3% 4,041 (±7.5% / ±357.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.3% ±4.9% (136  ±62.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Van Buren County: 13.7% † 642 (±3.4% / ±159.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.4% ±1.8% (21  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Van Buren County: 0.9% 56
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±3.1% (64  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Van Buren County: 10% † 512 (±2.2% / ±113)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
64 Total veterans ±42 61 Male ±41 3 Female ±6

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