Tennessee · Census place 4770240

Spencer, Tennessee

Spencer is a city in Van Buren County, Tennessee with an estimated 1,590 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 202nd largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,590; #202 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020: +8.7%; +127 people
Land area: 6.6 sq mi
Density: 242 / sq mi; State median 947

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

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Spencer population, 2020 to 2024

Spencer added 127 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.7%. In the latest year it moved by +32.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,462. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Spencer covers 6.56 square miles of land, for 242 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Spencer is less dense than the typical town.

What county Spencer is in

All of Spencer's residents live in Van Buren County, which had 6,686 residents in 2024. Spencer holds 23.8% 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 city's land: 38585. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Spencer is

The Census internal point of Spencer is at 35.739200, -85.456100. Nashville, the capital, is 79.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sparta, TN (4,989 people), 13.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 48.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 35.739200, -85.456100
DMS: 35°44'21.12"N 85°27'21.96"W
UTM: 16N 639610.2E 3956121.4N
Geohash: dn75r6hgb
Plus code: 867PPGQV+MH

Daylight in Spencer

At 35.74° 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 51 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 Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Sparta, 13.5 miles away, with 4,989 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Spencer, TN?

1,590 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 127 (8.7%) from 1,463 in July 2020.

What county is Spencer in?

Van Buren 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: 38585.

How far is Spencer from Nashville?

79.9 miles (128.6 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Spencer.

What is the nearest larger city to Spencer?

Sparta, TN, with 4,989 residents, 13.5 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.