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Sparks, GA

2,056 Population
4 square miles 518.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±13.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Cook County: 37.5 ±1
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,348 ±$5,077 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $27,361 † ±$3,021
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,191 ±$16,441 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cook County: $53,651 † ±$6,406
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.6% ±10.1% (547  ±238) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 17.7% † 3,065 (±3.6% / ±630)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.5 minutes ±8.1 (10,555  ±3,429) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Cook County: 25.6 186,730 (±2.3 / ±20,151)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

651 ±169 Number of households
  • Cook County: 6,304 ±230
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±1.1 (2,000  ±485) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 2.7 17,249 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±5.9% (28  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 3.9% † 149 (±2% / ±78)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

882 ±195 Number of housing units
  • Cook County: 7,486 ±20
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$86,300 ±$22,003 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Cook County: $157,500 ±$7,778
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.2% ±13.1% (329  ±275.7) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Cook County: 8% † 1,390 (±2.4% / ±413.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.7% ±1.9% (976  ±276.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cook County: 83.6% 9,615 (±5.6% / ±687)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.3% ±6.2% (104  ±83.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Cook County: 17.9% † 2,053 (±2.9% / ±334.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.5% ±2.2% (31  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cook County: 2.4% 428
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.6% ±3.3% (80  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cook County: 6.9% † 885 (±1.7% / ±215)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
80 Total veterans ±51 80 Male ±51 N/A Female ±14

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