West Virginia · Census place 5475820

Spencer, West Virginia

Spencer is a city in Roane County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,936 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 58th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,936
#58 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-4.5%
-91 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,549 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Spencer. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

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Spencer population, 2020 to 2024

Spencer lost 91 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.5%. In the latest year it moved by -31.

2,02720202,01520211,98620221,96720231,9362024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,034. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Spencer covers 1.25 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,549 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Spencer is less dense than the typical town.

What county Spencer is in

All of Spencer's residents live in Roane County, which had 13,540 residents in 2024. Spencer holds 14.3% 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: 25276. 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 38.800000, -81.353400. Charleston, the capital, is 35.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ripley, WV (3,067 people), 19.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 119.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.800000, -81.353400
DMS
38°48'0.00"N 81°21'12.24"W
UTM
17N 469312.5E 4294642.1N
Geohash
dnyhsz262
Plus code
86CWRJ2W+2J

Daylight in Spencer

At 38.80° N, Spencer gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 26 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 West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Ripley, 19.2 miles away, with 3,067 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Spencer, WV?

1,936 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 91 (4.5%) from 2,027 in July 2020.

What county is Spencer in?

Roane 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: 25276.

How far is Spencer from Charleston?

35.0 miles (56.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Spencer.

What is the nearest larger city to Spencer?

Ripley, WV, with 3,067 residents, 19.2 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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