Spencer, WV

Roane County · Population 1,895 · Peer group: Under 10k residents
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Growth Score
42/100
Peer rank for partners
Medium confidence
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Climate Investment Score
61/100
Stands out: Inland flooding
Medium confidence
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Transparency Score
81/100
Peer rank for partners
Medium confidence
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Community Investment Score
38/100
Peer rank for partners
Low confidence
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Demographic Diversity Index
8/100
Descriptive, not ranked
Research data
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Transparency Score

completeness 65% · medium confidence
81
What this measures

How complete and detailed a city's public financial disclosure is.

Sources: Federal Audit Clearinghouse (GSA), single audits of local governments · U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (individual unit files)

Community Investment Score

completeness 80% · low confidence
38
What this measures

Parks, libraries, recreation, housing and community programs: how much, how steadily, and how it is trending.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (individual unit files) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI-U (CUUR0000SA0)

Demographic Diversity Index research

completeness 100% · medium confidence
8
What this measures
Research data. Descriptive only: not ranked, not a measure of quality. Display policy
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year 2020-2024

Political lean descriptive

County voting pattern in the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections
What this shows
Descriptive only: how the county voted, not a rating of the city and not a measure of any resident's views. Not ranked. Not for use in housing, lending, insurance or employment decisions or advertising.
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Deep red
Trending red: 5.9 points toward Republicans from 2020 to 2024
Presidential vote margin: 2020 R+47.9 · 2024 R+53.8

County-level voting pattern: every city in a county shares its reading. Cities in more than one county are weighted by 2020 population.

Sources: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2024 (Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ, CC0) · U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census P.L. 94-171 block populations

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Scores compare Spencer with 8,099 US cities; peer percentiles use the Under 10k residents group.

Methodology 2027.3

As of 2026-11

Overall data completeness 89%

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