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Sparta, TN

4,939 Population
6.7 square miles 734.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,020 ±$5,075 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: $31,174 ±$898
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,080 ±$9,260 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: $55,380 ±$2,166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.3% ±6% (667  ±281) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 17.2% 24,254 (±1.5% / ±2,149)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.4 minutes ±3.1 (31,710  ±7,419) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 23.3 1,384,010 (±0.6 / ±47,710)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,159 ±171 Number of households
  • the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 58,693 ±569
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (4,626  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 2.4 141,567 (±0 / ±47)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.8% ±1.9% (18  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 5.6% † 1,835 (±1% / ±329)
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,334 ±189 Number of housing units
  • the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 65,101 ±86
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$217,000 ±$19,771 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: $237,000 ±$6,891
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.6% ±7% (1,068  ±344.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 12.1% 17,363 (±1.2% / ±1,668.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.4% ±10.6% (3,614  ±452.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 86.6% 85,773 (±2.1% / ±2,067.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.2% ±5.1% (766  ±205.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 23% 22,754 (±1.1% / ±1,106.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about half 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

1.3% ±1.4% (65  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 3.6% 5,206
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±2.5% (194  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 6.5% 7,504 (±0.6% / ±660)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
194 Total veterans ±104 140 Male ±90 54 Female ±51

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