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Spencer city, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Spencer city is a Census city of 2,291 people across 1.25 square miles of land, in Roane County. Median household income is $37,639, 56.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Spencer
What Spencer is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.25 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,835
- County holding the largest share of its areaRoane 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.
Spencer
How many people live in Spencer
- Population2,291
- Median age43.8
- Population under 18447 plus or minus 147
- Share under 1819.5 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Population 65 and over538 plus or minus 136
- Share 65 and over23.5 percent
- Households897
- Family households483 plus or minus 109
- Share of households that are families53.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Spencer
Income and work in Spencer
- Median household income$37,639 plus or minus $15,428
- Per capita income$24,523 plus or minus $5,187
- Civilian labor force807 plus or minus 193
- Employed674 plus or minus 165
- Unemployed133 plus or minus 90
- Unemployment rate16.5 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Adults 25 and over1,585
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.7 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.2 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Spencer
Housing in Spencer
- Housing units1,060
- Occupied units897
- Vacant units163 plus or minus 88
- Vacancy rate15.4 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Owner occupied510 plus or minus 112
- Renter occupied387 plus or minus 115
- Ownership rate56.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$116,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$738 plus or minus $154
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.5 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Single family units805
- Share single family75.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more221 plus or minus 96
- Share in buildings of two or more20.8 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Mobile homes34 plus or minus 32
- Median year structure built1963
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Spencer
How Spencer gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute641 plus or minus 163
- Commuting under 15 minutes435 plus or minus 122
- Share commuting under 15 minutes67.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more186 plus or minus 76
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.0 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Drove alone77.0 percent
- Carpooled13.0 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked5.8 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Worked from home4.2 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Roane County, not Spencer
Roane County context, not Spencer figures
These are Roane County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Spencer measurements.
- Establishments in Roane County215
- Employment at those establishments, Roane County1,995
- Covered employment, Roane County2,885
- Average annual pay, Roane County$46,194
- Average weekly wage, Roane County$888
- Housing units permitted, Roane County21
- Of those, single family, Roane County21
- County product, 2024, Roane County$366,507,000
- County product change over the prior year, Roane County1.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Roane County$42,410
Every figure in this section is published for Roane County as a whole and is not a measurement of 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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
Spencer questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Spencer, West Virginia?
2,291, in 897 households. Spencer city covers 1.25 square miles of land, which is 1,835 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Spencer in?
Roane 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 Spencer?
$37,639. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $116,800. Median gross rent is $738 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Spencer figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Roane 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 Spencer.
Is zoning published for Spencer?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.