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Sparta town, Monroe County, WI

3,256 Population
47.2 square miles 69 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±7.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Monroe County: 39.6 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$46,260 ±$10,776 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Monroe County: $34,501 ±$1,242
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$85,729 ±$15,894 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Monroe County: $68,213 ±$2,864
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

5.7% ±3.6% (182  ±114) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Monroe County: 11.8% † 5,384 (±1.7% / ±775)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

21.9 minutes ±3.2 (28,810  ±5,628) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 20.2 398,645 (±0.8 / ±19,337)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

1,237 ±123 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 18,279 ±275
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.6 ±0.3 (3,179  ±62) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Monroe County: 2.5 45,313 (±0 / ±159)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

3.8% ±4.1% (25  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 6% † 564 (±1.3% / ±118)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

1,237 ±123 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 19,918 ±144
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$259,300 ±$20,412 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Monroe County: $197,200 ±$5,395
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

7.7% ±4.9% (249  ±158.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 9.9% † 4,526 (±1.4% / ±622.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

96.8% ±10.8% (2,194  ±286.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 90.9% 28,332 (±3% / ±947)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
24.1% ±5.5% (547  ±129.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 20% 6,230 (±1.5% / ±467.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.3% ±5% (141  ±164) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Monroe County: 2.4% 1,123
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

13% ±4.2% (314  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Monroe County: 12.3% 4,192 (±0.9% / ±318)
  • about double the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
314 Total veterans ±103 288 Male ±99 26 Female ±16

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