SpencervilleNM
A town of 1,264.
Is Spencerville a good place to live?
Spencerville’s weakest subject grade is a C− for hazard risk. 23% of the land in Spencerville is conserved, above both the New Mexico town median (3.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Glade Run Recreation Area, at 34 acres. Spencerville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,264 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Spencerville grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Mexico), ordered by how far Spencerville is from typical.
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Moving to Spencerville: who provides what
Spencerville is unincorporated, so San Juan County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 27, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Spencerville.
About two in five of Spencerville’s working residents commute to Farmington
For half of commuters, work is under 10 miles away. Spencerville’s mean commuting time is 15 minutes, against 23 minutes in New Mexico’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Commuting out is the norm locally: 4% of working residents work locally. In Spencerville, 12% of residents live below the poverty line.
| Spencerville | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 14% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $79,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conserved land covers 22.5% of Spencerville
Spencerville’s trail network density stands at 0.4 miles per square mile. 1.9 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Glade Run Recreation Area | — | 34 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Health in Spencerville trails 67% of U.S. towns
For adults in Spencerville, the share who report frequent mental distress is 18%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Spencerville is ahead of New Mexico on 1 and behind on 8. Two figures for adults locally: 72% had a checkup this year, 17% report frequent physical distress.
| Spencerville | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 69% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Spencerville | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.8% | 15.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.2% | 14.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Spencerville has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Expected losses in Spencerville break down as 84% from inland flooding and 7% from cold waves. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect four seasons and hot summers in Spencerville
July afternoons reach 92°, January nights drop to 17° and about 11 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Spencerville sells for about $599K
The rent at the middle of the market for Spencerville comes to $1,301 a month. Among households here, 86% live in a home they own.
| Spencerville | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,301 a month | $940 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Spencerville
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Spencerville
About 6 of every 100 Spencerville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Mexico.
Every workday, about 738 people come to Spencerville for work
Where Spencerville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Spencerville
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
Spencerville is a census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Spencerville had a population of 1,138.
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- Area
- 3.3 sq mi
Questions about Spencerville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Spencerville, NM expensive?
The typical home is worth about $255,000, 19% below the New Mexico typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.