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Spencer, WV

2,291 Population
1.2 square miles 1,834.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Roane County: 46.9 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,523 ±$5,187 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Roane County: $27,304 ±$2,184
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,639 ±$15,428 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Roane County: $45,778 ±$3,029
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

33.5% ±12.7% (748  ±316) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Roane County: 19.1% † 2,604 (±4.5% / ±616)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.6 minutes ±5.2 (13,210  ±4,802) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Roane County: 32.7 134,815 (±3 / ±16,371)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

897 ±142 Number of households
  • Roane County: 5,704 ±228
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (2,233  ±417) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Roane County: 2.4 13,689 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±7.4% (24  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Roane County: 6.7% † 178 (±3.7% / ±99)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,060 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Roane County: 7,146 ±52
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$116,800 ±$12,250 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Roane County: $122,100 ±$11,520
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.7% ±3.8% (175  ±91.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Roane County: 8.5% † 1,156 (±2% / ±270.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.3% ±19.4% (1,321  ±214.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Roane County: 84.5% 8,552 (±4.7% / ±479.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.7% ±5.8% (265  ±102.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Roane County: 15.2% † 1,535 (±2.3% / ±236.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about half 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

1.1% ±1.3% (24  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Roane County: 0.5% 74
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±2.7% (91  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Roane County: 8.2% † 897 (±1.5% / ±163)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
91 Total veterans ±52 84 Male ±51 7 Female ±13

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