Spencer is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 11,911 people and two associated neighborhoods, Spencer is the 162nd largest community in Massachusetts.Spencer is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Spencer is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Spencer who work in office and administrative support (13.60%), management occupations (9.17%), and teaching (7.58%). Also of interest is that Spencer has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.61% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Spencer has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Spencer has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Spencer than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Spencer may be for you. In Spencer, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.02 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The population of Spencer overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Spencer, 24.25% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Spencer in 2022 was $43,291, which is lower middle income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,164 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 Irish, English, French, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Spencer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
