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East Spencer town, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
East Spencer town is a Census town of 1,434 people across 2.45 square miles of land, in Rowan County. Median household income is $34,417, 52.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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East Spencer
What East Spencer is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.45 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land586 plus or minus 147
- County holding the largest share of its areaRowan County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Spencer
How many people live in East Spencer
- Population1,434 plus or minus 359
- Median age51.0 plus or minus 11.1
- Population under 18203 plus or minus 81
- Share under 1814.2 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Population 65 and over426 plus or minus 157
- Share 65 and over29.7 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Households750 plus or minus 197
- Family households451 plus or minus 153
- Share of households that are families60.1 percent plus or minus 12.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Spencer
Income and work in East Spencer
- Median household income$34,417 plus or minus $19,881
- Per capita income$28,138 plus or minus $7,152
- Civilian labor force533 plus or minus 207
- Employed465 plus or minus 195
- Unemployed68 plus or minus 52
- Unemployment rate12.8 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Adults 25 and over1,157 plus or minus 306
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.9 percent plus or minus 32.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.9 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.0 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Spencer
Housing in East Spencer
- Housing units812 plus or minus 206
- Occupied units750 plus or minus 197
- Vacant units62 plus or minus 39
- Vacancy rate7.6 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Owner occupied397 plus or minus 139
- Renter occupied353 plus or minus 159
- Ownership rate52.9 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Median owner-occupied home value$112,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$677 plus or minus $466
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.6 percent plus or minus 21.2
- Single family units627 plus or minus 185
- Share single family77.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more170 plus or minus 83
- Share in buildings of two or more20.9 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Mobile homes15 plus or minus 21
- Median year structure built1966
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Spencer
How East Spencer gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute436 plus or minus 192
- Commuting under 15 minutes135 plus or minus 71
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.0 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more170 plus or minus 95
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.0 percent plus or minus 13.3
- Drove alone80.8 percent plus or minus 21.9
- Carpooled10.5 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.7 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Worked from home2.9 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Spencer
SBA 504 lending to East Spencer borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$408,000
- Average approval$408,000
- Median approval$408,000
- Largest approval$408,000
- Jobs supported1
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
East Spencer
Flood programme status in East Spencer
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370211
- Currently effective map date06/16/09
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Rowan County, not East Spencer
Rowan County context, not East Spencer figures
These are Rowan County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as East Spencer measurements.
- Establishments in Rowan County2,908
- Employment at those establishments, Rowan County49,366
- Covered employment, Rowan County50,595
- Average annual pay, Rowan County$57,503
- Average weekly wage, Rowan County$1,106
- Housing units permitted, Rowan County592
- Of those, single family, Rowan County585
- County product, 2024, Rowan County$7,886,078,000
- County product change over the prior year, Rowan County4.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Rowan County$55,121
Every figure in this section is published for Rowan County as a whole and is not a measurement of East Spencer. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
East Spencer questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in East Spencer, North Carolina?
1,434, in 750 households. East Spencer town covers 2.45 square miles of land, which is 586 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is East Spencer in?
Rowan County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in East Spencer?
$34,417. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $112,000. Median gross rent is $677 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is East Spencer in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. East Spencer appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370211, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page East Spencer figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Rowan County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of East Spencer.
Is zoning published for East Spencer?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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