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Spencer 38585

57Moderate priority

Part of Van Buren County · Rest of Tennessee · Tennessee · ranked #408 of 1,274 across the two states

Population now
4,550
25 per sq mi
Growth, last 5 years
+580
+14.6%
Projected next 5 years
+198
+0.9% a year → 4,748
Nearest Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) church
2.4 mi
Spencer

Population, 2013 to 2028

Solid history from ACS five-year estimates, plotted at each window’s end-year; the next five years follow the official county projection, apportioned to this ZIP area by population share.

Why this scores 57.3

Growth — are people moving here?53 · weight 86%

+580 in five years, +198 projected

Viability — enough people to sustain a plant?83 · weight 14%

4,550 residents today

Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) coverage — context, not in the score

8 Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) churches within 12 mi, 568 people each. Nearest church 2.4 mi. By the owner's ruling, how near a Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) church is carries no weight in the score.

Within 3.1 mi
1
Within 6.2 mi
3
Within 12 mi
8

Who lives here

Population makeup

The five parts add to the 4,550 people who live here. “Hispanic or Latino” is the Census term and counts people of any race; the other four are the not-Hispanic population by race.

White, not Hispanic
94.5%
4,301
Other, not Hispanic
4.9%
221
Hispanic or Latino
0.5%
22
Black, not Hispanic
0.1%
6

Age, money, schooling, home and language

Median age
42.3 yrs
Households with children
39.4%
671 of 1,701 households
Median household income
$51,458
Income per person
$23,470
Below the poverty level
16.1%
700 of the 4,344 people poverty status is determined for
Unemployed
3.6%
66 of a labor force of 1,832
High school or higher
80.2%
of 3,090 residents aged 25 and over
Bachelor’s degree or higher
12.2%
of 3,090 residents aged 25 and over
Spanish spoken at home
0.0%
0 people aged 5 and over, 0 of them speaking English less than “very well”
Foreign-born
0.4%
20 residents
Owner-occupied homes
80.3%
1,366 owned, 335 rented
Median home value
$137,500
median gross rent $705

What these numbers are. ACS 2019–2023 five-year estimates by ZIP area. Medians are ZIP-level medians, not averages. They are estimates, not a headcount, and every one carries a margin of error — a small figure in a single ZIP area is indicative, not exact. An em dash means the Census Bureau publishes no estimate for this ZIP area; it never means zero.

Nearest Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) churches

DistanceChurchCityContact
2.4 miSpencerSpencer 38585(931) 946-7600
4.3 miClarks ChapelSpencer 38585( ) -
5.2 miNew MartinPikeville 37367(423) 881-5151
8.1 miRiverside Church of GodSparta 38583(931) 254-3763
8.1 miMooneyhamSpencer 38585(423) 881-5256
10 miDoyleDoyle 38559
12 miCampaignRock Island 38581( ) -
12 miBrockdellPikeville 37367(423) 554-3713