Indiana · Census place 1871972

Spencer, Indiana

Spencer is a town in Owen County, Indiana with an estimated 2,500 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 177th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,500; #177 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020: +2.0%; +48 people
Land area: 1.7 sq mi
Density: 1,462 / sq mi; State median 1,645

Orange pin: Spencer. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

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Spencer population, 2020 to 2024

Spencer added 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,453. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Spencer covers 1.71 square miles of land, for 1,462 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Spencer is less dense than the typical town.

What county Spencer is in

All of Spencer's residents live in Owen County, which had 21,851 residents in 2024. Spencer holds 11.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Spencer

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Spencer by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 47460. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Spencer is

The Census internal point of Spencer is at 39.286700, -86.772600. Indianapolis, the capital, is 46.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ellettsville, IN (6,829 people), 8.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Indianapolis, IN, 47.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.286700, -86.772600
DMS: 39°17'12.12"N 86°46'21.36"W
UTM: 16N 519611.3E 4348617.4N
Geohash: dnfr3ryje
Plus code: 86FM76PG+MX

Daylight in Spencer

At 39.29° N, Spencer gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Spencer

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Ellettsville, 8.8 miles away, with 6,829 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Spencer, IN?

2,500 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 48 (2.0%) from 2,452 in July 2020.

What county is Spencer in?

Owen County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Spencer?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47460.

How far is Spencer from Indianapolis?

46.7 miles (75.2 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Spencer.

What is the nearest larger city to Spencer?

Ellettsville, IN, with 6,829 residents, 8.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.