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Sparta, TN

4,915 Population
6.7 square miles 731.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±6.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 39.5 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,685 ±$6,271 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: $29,813 ±$867
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$43,989 ±$7,004 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: $53,328 ±$2,173
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

14.4% ±6% (664  ±277) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 17% 23,670 (±1.2% / ±1,643)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

18.1 minutes ±2.4 (35,890  ±6,338) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 23.6 1,405,000 (±0.7 / ±49,258)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

2,050 ±207 Number of households
  • the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 57,745 ±747
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.2 ±0.2 (4,598  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 2.4 139,685 (±0 / ±48)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

3.7% ±3.6% (39  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 5.3% † 1,716 (±1% / ±326)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

2,314 ±225 Number of housing units
  • the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 64,349 ±119
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$200,600 ±$28,919 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: $212,000 ±$6,109
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

19.7% ±6.7% (954  ±326.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 13.3% 18,886 (±1.1% / ±1,577)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

88.1% ±10% (3,189  ±410.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 85.9% 83,650 (±2% / ±1,997)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
15.2% ±4.5% (551  ±166.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 22.1% 21,480 (±1.1% / ±1,060.1)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

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

1.4% ±1.8% (70  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 3.5% 4,979
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

5.7% ±2.6% (221  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 6.8% 7,756 (±0.6% / ±666)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
221 Total veterans ±101 154 Male ±79 67 Female ±74

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