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Sparta township, Dearborn County, IN

2,929 Population
29.4 square miles 99.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±10.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Dearborn County: 42.1 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,411 ±$9,668 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dearborn County: $39,922 ±$1,882
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,000 ±$11,251 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Dearborn County: $84,735 ±$3,556
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.3% ±5.8% (240  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dearborn County: 7.6% † 3,849 (±1.2% / ±611)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36.9 minutes ±5.7 (38,230  ±9,991) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Dearborn County: 29.8 674,470 (±1 / ±31,492)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,118 ±152 Number of households
  • Dearborn County: 20,282 ±250
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.4 (2,929  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Dearborn County: 2.5 50,567 (±0 / ±14)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.6% ±4.1% (19  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Dearborn County: 4.8% † 511 (±1.2% / ±130)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,142 ±154 Number of housing units
  • Dearborn County: 21,098 ±53
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$243,900 ±$63,040 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Dearborn County: $243,400 ±$7,729
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.4% ±4.5% (158  ±131.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dearborn County: 7.3% † 3,681 (±1.2% / ±614.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.2% ±13.1% (1,798  ±333.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dearborn County: 92.7% 33,318 (±3.6% / ±1,295.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18% ±6.9% (363  ±144.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dearborn County: 25.3% 9,085 (±2% / ±721.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • 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

0.1% ±0.1% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Dearborn County: 1% 489
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±4.7% (193  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dearborn County: 7.7% † 3,057 (±0.9% / ±371)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
193 Total veterans ±110 171 Male ±108 22 Female ±32

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