Spencer, North Carolina - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	3,231
Male Share of the Population	51%
Female Share of the Population	49%
Senior Citizens	14.6%
Employed Population 16+	1,337
Age of the Population	35

Families

% of people married	43.6%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	18.5%
Median Earnings25+	$25,492
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$21,786
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$25,100

Wealth

Median Family Income	$49,728
% Above Poverty Level	76.7%
% Below Poverty Level	23.3%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	21 minutes
% Working from Home	3.7%
% Walking and Biking to Work	3.6%
% Using Public Transportation	1.7%

Housing

People Living Alone	32.1%
Median Gross Rent	$925
Median House Value	$98,700

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	45.4%
German	5.8%
English	4.4%
Italian	3.9%
Irish	3%
African	1%
Scottish	0.6%
Belgian	0.5%
French Except Basque	0.5%
Russian	0.5%
Welsh	0.2%
Swedish	0.2%
Polish	0.2%
Hungarian	0.2%
Norwegian	0.2%
Danishn	0.1%
Portuguese	0.1%
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Spencer Almanac

Category	Value
County	Rowan County
Standard Zip Codes	28159
Phone Area Codes	336
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	35.69
Approximate Longitude	-80.43

Spencer Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	SALISBURY
Distance	2.8 miles
Jan Temp	30 to 51 F
Apr Temp	46 to 73 F
Jul Temp	68 to 90 F
Oct Temp	47 to 72 F
Annual Precip	42.8 inches

Station	SALISBURY 9 WNW
Distance	10.2 miles
Jan Temp	26 to 48 F
Apr Temp	44 to 70 F
Jul Temp	67 to 88 F
Oct Temp	44 to 71 F
Annual Precip	43.3 inches

Station	ALBEMARLE
Distance	24.2 miles
Jan Temp	28 to 51 F
Apr Temp	44 to 72 F
Jul Temp	68 to 89 F
Oct Temp	47 to 72 F
Annual Precip	48.7 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Cooleemee	948	$57,589
East Spencer	1,537	$42,031
Faith	830	$59,444
Granite Quarry	2,955	$62,734
Rockwell	1,811	$60,391
Salisbury	33,652	$50,468

Spencer Public Schools

North Rowan Elementary
600 Charles St
ZIP: 28159
(704) 639-3042
Primary
Total Enrollment 536

North Rowan High
300 North Whitehead Ave
ZIP: 28159
(704) 636-4420
High
Total Enrollment 698

North Rowan Middle
512 Charles St
ZIP: 28159
(704) 639-3018
Middle
Total Enrollment 517

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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