What is the population of Spencer city?

Spencer city has 2,137 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #78 of 439 in West Virginia.

What is the median household income in Spencer city?

Median household income in Spencer city is $25,897 a year, 67% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Spencer city?

Median gross rent is $658 a month and the median home value is $108,700, so rent absorbs about 30.5% of median household income.

Is Spencer city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Spencer city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 30.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Spencer, WV population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Spencer, West Virginia (Spencer, WV — Census place “Spencer city”) is 2,137 residents, ranking #78 of 439 places in West Virginia. Median household income is $25,897, the median home is worth $108,700 and median gross rent runs $658 a month. Looking for the Spencer West Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Spencer, WV: 25276.

Population: 2,137Spencer city residents
Median household income: $25,897Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $108,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $658Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 45.8%Owner-occupied households

Spencer ZIP codes (West Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Spencer.

The Spencer WV ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

25276

What the numbers mean in Spencer city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Spencer city median would spend about 30.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 41.5% of residents and 45.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Spencer city, WV in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Spencer city is a small town in West Virginia, with 2,137 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #78 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 82% of them. The median age here is 43.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Spencer city earn a median of $25,897 a year, 67% below the national figure of $78,538 and 51% below the $52,974 median for the 148 West Virginia cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 41.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Spencer city is valued at $108,700, 64.2% below the national figure and 15% below the $127,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $658 a month, 53.2% below the national figure, or roughly $7,896 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 30.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 45.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Spencer city?: Spencer city has 2,137 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #78 of 439 in West Virginia.
What is the median household income in Spencer city?: Median household income in Spencer city is $25,897 a year, 67% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Spencer city?: Median gross rent is $658 a month and the median home value is $108,700, so rent absorbs about 30.5% of median household income.
Is Spencer city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Spencer city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 30.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Spencer city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.