North Carolina · Census place 3763760

Spencer, North Carolina

Spencer is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,406 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 202nd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,406; #202 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +3.0%; +99 people
Land area: 3.4 sq mi
Density: 1,002 / sq mi; State median 1,316

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

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Spencer population, 2020 to 2024

Spencer added 99 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +21.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,305. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Spencer covers 3.40 square miles of land, for 1,002 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Spencer is less dense than the typical town.

What county Spencer is in

All of Spencer's residents live in Rowan County, which had 153,384 residents in 2024. Spencer holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Spencer

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Spencer by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28144, 28159. 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 35.700000, -80.421100. Raleigh, the capital, is 100.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Salisbury, NC (36,579 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Concord, NC, 24.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 35.700000, -80.421100
DMS: 35°42'0.00"N 80°25'15.96"W
UTM: 17N 552372.1E 3950829.3N
Geohash: dnqg1fzps
Plus code: 867XPH2H+2H

Daylight in Spencer

At 35.70° N, Spencer gets about 14 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 50 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 North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is East Spencer, 1.4 miles away, with 1,625 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Spencer, NC?

3,406 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 99 (3.0%) from 3,307 in July 2020.

What county is Spencer in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Spencer?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 28144, 28159.

How far is Spencer from Raleigh?

100.1 miles (161.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Spencer.

What is the nearest larger city to Spencer?

Salisbury, NC, with 36,579 residents, 4.7 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.