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Sparta Community Unit School District 140, IL

8,091 Population
187.2 square miles 43.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±3.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Randolph County: 43 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,860 ±$3,257 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Randolph County: $31,900 ±$1,564
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$63,307 ±$5,292 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Randolph County: $68,870 ±$5,384
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

17.3% ±4.6% (1,383  ±371) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Randolph County: 12.3% † 3,343 (±1.9% / ±526)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

24.9 minutes ±3 (78,635  ±12,689) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Randolph County: 23.4 276,150 (±1.8 / ±24,156)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

3,544 ±260 Number of households
  • Randolph County: 11,671 ±582
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.2 (7,968  ±384) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Randolph County: 2.3 27,031 (±0.1 / ±178)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

13.4% ±5.1% (198  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Randolph County: 6.5% † 346 (±2% / ±105)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

4,029 ±293 Number of housing units
  • Randolph County: 13,400 ±587
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$124,000 ±$24,721 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Randolph County: $134,100 ±$9,566
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

8.6% ±2.6% (684  ±206.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Randolph County: 10.9% † 3,248 (±1.6% / ±486.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

92.1% ±5.2% (5,132  ±416.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Randolph County: 87.9% 19,165 (±3.1% / ±707.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
16.2% ±3.4% (900  ±198) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Randolph County: 14.2% † 3,099 (±1.6% / ±355.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

0.6% ±0.7% (45  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Randolph County: 2.2% 676
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

9.9% ±2.2% (618  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Randolph County: 8.6% † 2,048 (±1.1% / ±260)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
618 Total veterans ±142 607 Male ±141 11 Female ±14

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