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Population in July 2007: 3,368. Population change since 2000: -0.5%
 

Males: 1,633  (48.5%)
Females: 1,735  (51.5%)
Median resident age:  37.8 years
North Carolina median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 28159.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $45,670 (it was $36,687 in 2000)
Spencer:  $45,670
North Carolina:  $44,670

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $111,503 (it was $80,100 in 2000)
Spencer:  $111,503
North Carolina:  $145,700

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $131,680; Detached houses: $132,012; Mobile homes: $26,875
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Races in Spencer:

  • White Non-Hispanic (67.6%)
  • Black (23.6%)
  • Hispanic (6.8%)
  • Other race (3.6%)
  • Two or more races (1.6%)
  • American Indian (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Spencer: 79.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (15.6%), German (12.9%), English (6.9%), Irish (5.7%), Scotch-Irish (3.0%), Scottish (2.6%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1905

Elevation: 751 feet

Land area: 2.65 square miles.

Population density: 1269 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Spencer

  • High school or higher: 73.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.9%
  • Unemployed: 7.1%
  • Mean travel time to work: 23.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Spencer town

  • Never married: 23.2%
  • Now married: 55.0%
  • Separated: 2.0%
  • Widowed: 10.9%
  • Divorced: 8.9%

192 residents are foreign born (5.5% Latin America).

This town:  5.7%
North Carolina:  5.3%



According to our research there were 6 registered sex offenders living in Spencer, North Carolina in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Spencer to the number of sex offenders is 561 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Spencer:  0.9% ($747)
North Carolina:  0.9% ($826)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Concord, NC (23.1 miles , pop. 55,977).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Charlotte, NC (43.3 miles , pop. 540,828).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (469.7 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: East Spencer, NC (0.8 miles ), Salisbury, NC (3.6 miles ), Granite Quarry, NC (5.7 miles ), Faith, NC (7.7 miles ), Rockwell, NC (9.9 miles ), Cooleemee, NC (11.9 miles ), China Grove, NC (13.2 miles ), Lexington, NC (14.6 miles ).

Latitude: 35.69 N, Longitude: 80.43 W

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Population change in the 1990s: -365 (-9.8%).


Historical population

Historical housing units


Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (18%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Transportation equipment (4%)
  • Metal and metal products (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (12%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Furniture and related products (5%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
  • Other construction workers and helpers (4%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)


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Crime in Spencer by Year
Type 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006
Murders 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 11250
    per 100,000 29.328.859.3147.10.0
Robberies 22689
    per 100,000 58.657.7177.8235.3263.8
Assaults 96757
    per 100,000 263.8173.0207.4147.1205.2
Burglaries 3140597279
    per 100,000 908.61153.41748.12117.62315.4
Thefts 12710989110154
    per 100,000 3722.23143.02637.03235.34513.5
Auto thefts 812451
    per 100,000 234.5346.0118.5147.129.3
Arson 40103
    per 100,000 117.20.029.60.087.9
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 325.0309.1379.6507.1465.1

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 14 (13 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  3.86
US city average:  3.00

Average climate in Spencer, North Carolina

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Spencer-area historical tornado activity is near North Carolina state average. It is 0% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 41.9 miles away from the Spencer town center killed one person and injured 6 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 5/7/1998, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 22.8 miles away from the town center injured 5 people and caused $50 million in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Spencer:
  • ROWAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 3 miles; SALISBURY, NC)
  • DAVIE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; MOCKSVILLE, NC)
  • LEXINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 17 miles; LEXINGTON, NC)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Spencer:
  • SMITH REYNOLDS (about 34 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC; ID: INT)
  • PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL (about 44 miles; GREENSBORO, NC; ID: GSO)
  • CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 49 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; ID: CLT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Spencer:
  • ROWAN COUNTY (about 8 miles; SALISBURY, NC; ID: RUQ)
  • DAVIDSON COUNTY (about 11 miles; LEXINGTON, NC; ID: EXX)
  • TWIN LAKES (about 15 miles; MOCKSVILLE, NC; ID: 8A7)

Amtrak stations near Spencer:
  • 3 miles: SALISBURY (DEPOT & LIBERTY STS.). Services: partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
  • 19 miles: KANNAPOLIS (306 N. MAIN ST.). Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service.

Local government website: www.ci.spencer.nc.us

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Spencer:
  • ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 4 miles; SALISBURY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,499)
  • FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 28 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 3,271)
  • WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,508)
  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (about 33 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 5,944)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 34 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)
  • HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY (about 35 miles; HIGH POINT, NC; FT enrollment: 2,564)
  • NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL ST UNIV (about 39 miles; Greensboro, NC; FT enrollment: 6,970)
Public high school in Spencer:
Public elementary/middle schools in Spencer:

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Notable location: State Transportation Museum (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Shopping Center: Park Plaza Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Spencer include: Spencer Presbyterian Church (A), Spencer Methodist Protestant Church (B), Calvary Lutheran Church (C), Central United Methodist Church (D), First Baptist Church (E), Oakdale Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Spencer include: Southern Railway Park (1), Spencer Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This town:  2.5 people
North Carolina:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  64.6%
Whole state:  68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  5.2%
Whole state:  4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  9.5%
Whole state:  12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  3.3%
Whole state:  5.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Spencer, NC


People in group quarters in Spencer
  • 107 people in nursing homes
  • 30 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 4 people in other group homes


Spencer compared to North Carolina state average:

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  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • House age above state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Banks with branches in Spencer (2007 data):
  • SunTrust Bank: Spencer Branch 690 at 420 South Salisbury Avenue, branch established on 1943-12-03. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $182,628.2 mil, Deposits: $126,571.2 mil, headquarters in Atlanta, GA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1750 total offices, Holding Company: Suntrust Banks, Inc.



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Spencer travel time to work
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2004 Presidential Election results in Rowan County North Carolina:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (65%)
  • Electricity (21%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration 1$2,327$27,9240$0
Local Libraries 0$0 1$554
Police Protection - Officers 12$28,313$28,3130$0
Other and Unallocable 1$2,032$24,3840$0
Solid Waste Management 4$5,296$15,8880$0
Streets and Highways 6$11,712$23,4241$859
Other Government Administration 3$10,102$40,4080$0
Firefighters 0$0 19$5,081
Police - Other 1$1,924$23,0880$0
Totals for Government 28$61,706$26,44521$6,494



Spencer government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Solid Waste Management: $124,000
    All Other: $84,000
  • Construction - Fire Protection: $869,000
    Regular Highways: $93,000
  • Current Operations - Police Protection: $540,000
    Regular Highways: $327,000
    Central Staff Services: $269,000
    Solid Waste Management: $244,000
    Fire Protection: $72,000
    General - Other: $57,000
    Libraries: $15,000
    Parks & Recreation: $12,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $15,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $391,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $698,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $257,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $832,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $673,000
    Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $247,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $832,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $26,000
    Other, NEC: $9,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $128,000
    Interest Earnings: $26,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $31,000
    Solid Waste Management: $19,000
    Central Staff: $6,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,058,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $125,000
    General Support: $114,000
    All Other: $29,000
  • Tax - Property: $815,000
    NEC: $12,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $1,049,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $42,000

6.13% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,586 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.13%
North Carolina average:  8.53%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($118 average AGI)
Rowan County:  0.04%
North Carolina average:  0.17%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Cabarrus County, NC  1.38% ($31,854 average AGI)
from Iredell County, NC  0.46% ($32,584)
from Mecklenburg County, NC  0.46% ($37,272)


5.61% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,014 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.61%
North Carolina average:  7.27%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($138 average AGI)
Rowan County:  0.05%
North Carolina average:  0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Cabarrus County, NC  1.37% ($31,847 average AGI)
to Mecklenburg County, NC  0.52% ($31,183)
to Iredell County, NC  0.42% ($29,275)


Strongest AM radio stations in Spencer:
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WSTP (1490 AM; 1 kW; SALISBURY, NC; Owner: ROWAN MEDIA INC.)
  • WSAT (1280 AM; 1 kW; SALISBURY, NC; Owner: CAP COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WDSL (1520 AM; daytime; 5 kW; MOCKSVILLE, NC)
  • WLXN (1440 AM; 5 kW; LEXINGTON, NC; Owner: DAVIDSON COUNTY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
  • WSGH (1040 AM; 9 kW; LEWISVILLE, NC; Owner: WINSTON-SALEM, GREENSBORO, HIGH POINT AREA RADIO)
  • WSJS (600 AM; 5 kW; WINSTON-SALEM, NC)
  • WAGL (1560 AM; daytime; 50 kW; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: PALMETTO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
  • WNOW (1030 AM; daytime; 9 kW; MINT HILL, NC; Owner: CHARLOTTE METRO RADIO, INC.)
  • WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Spencer:
  • W267AG (101.3 FM; SALISBURY, NC; Owner: TRIAD FAMILY NETWORK, INCORPORATED)
  • WOGR-FM (93.3 FM; SALISBURY, NC; Owner: VICTORY CHRISTIAN CENTER, INC.)
  • WEND (106.5 FM; SALISBURY, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WFMX (105.7 FM; STATESVILLE, NC; Owner: MERCURY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WTHZ (94.1 FM; LEXINGTON, NC; Owner: DAVIDSON COUNTY BROADCASTING CO, INC)
  • WFAE (90.7 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY RADIO FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • WSOC-FM (103.7 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WSSS (104.7 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • W205BY (88.9 FM; LEXINGTON, NC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • WWMG (96.1 FM; SHELBY, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WMAG (99.5 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WFDD (88.5 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY)
  • WKKT (96.9 FM; STATESVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WKRR (92.3 FM; ASHEBORO, NC; Owner: DICK BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. OF TENNESSEE)
  • WTQR (104.1 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WQMG-FM (97.1 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
  • WLNK (107.9 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WKZL (107.5 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: DICK BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. OF TENNESSEE)
  • WLYT (102.9 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPEG (97.9 FM; CONCORD, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Spencer:
  • WAXN (Channel 64; KANNAPOLIS, NC; Owner: WSOC-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WUNG-TV (Channel 58; CONCORD, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WFMY-TV (Channel 2; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: WFMY TELEVISION CORPORATION)
  • WAFF (Channel 48; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
  • WUPN-TV (Channel 48; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: WUPN LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WXLV-TV (Channel 45; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: WXLV LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WTWB-TV (Channel 20; LEXINGTON, NC; Owner: WTWB OF THE TRIAD, LLC)
  • WLXI-TV (Channel 61; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC.)
  • WBTV (Channel 3; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS/WBTV, INC.)
  • WSOC-TV (Channel 9; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WSOC-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WGTB-LP (Channel 28; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: VICTORY CHRISTIAN CENTER, INC.)
  • WTVI (Channel 42; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
  • WCCB (Channel 18; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: NORTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
  • WJZY (Channel 46; BELMONT, NC; Owner: WJZY-TV, INC.)
  • WWWB (Channel 55; ROCK HILL, SC; Owner: WWWB-TV, INC.)
  • WCNC-TV (Channel 36; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WCNC-TV, INC.)
  • WGHP (Channel 8; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: WGHP LICENSE, INC.)
  • W25BR (Channel 25; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • W52CW (Channel 52; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)


Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2007 (per 100,000 population)
Spencer, North Carolina:
  • Fatal accident count: 10
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 13
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
  • Fatalities: 11
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 21
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 2
North Carolina average:
  • Fatal accident count: 95
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 146
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 27
  • Fatalities: 102
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 255
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 14

See more detailed statistics of Spencer fatal accidents for 1975 - 2007 here

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