The overall crime rate in Spencer is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
One downside of living in Spencer is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Spencer, the average commute to work is 33.78 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small village, Spencer does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Spencer is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.85% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Spencer in 2022 was $27,837, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,348 for a family of four. However, Spencer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Spencer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spencer residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Spencer include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Spencer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
