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Sparta CCD, Hancock County, GA

5,337 Population
202.5 square miles 26.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hancock County: 47.3 ±1.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$13,386 ±$3,344 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hancock County: $19,746 † ±$3,157
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$32,563 ±$14,132 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hancock County: $40,082 † ±$9,107
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

44.6% ±12.8% (1,605  ±535) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hancock County: 30.6% † 2,076 (±8.2% / ±555)
  • 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)

36.2 minutes ±12.5 (40,190  ±20,006) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Hancock County: 35.4 † 72,545 (±7.5 / ±19,414)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,456 ±282 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 2,922 ±280
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.6 (3,601  ±615) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hancock County: 2.4 6,913 (±0.2 / ±23)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±6.6% (37  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Hancock County: 3.9% † 56 (±5% / ±73)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,948 ±261 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 4,971 ±15
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$78,400 ±$24,020 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hancock County: $88,600 † ±$15,135
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.2% ±4.1% (276  ±219.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 5.3% † 454 (±2.8% / ±243.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

76.4% ±8.3% (3,199  ±490.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 76.2% † 5,111 (±8.4% / ±574.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
6.9% ±3.2% (290  ±136.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hancock County: 10.3% † 689 (±2.8% / ±189.9)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about one-fifth 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

2.5% ±1.4% (134  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 2.2% 187
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±2.3% (219  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hancock County: 6.5% † 482 (±2.1% / ±159)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
219 Total veterans ±106 219 Male ±106 N/A Female ±20

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