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Sparta town, Livingston County, NY

1,479 Population
27.8 square miles 53.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.7 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Livingston County: 41.5 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,770 ±$3,697 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Livingston County: $37,593 ±$1,386
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$87,663 ±$6,314 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Livingston County: $74,001 ±$2,171
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.8% ±5.2% (129  ±78) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Livingston County: 11.1% † 6,302 (±1.2% / ±693)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.9 minutes ±7.8 (19,990  ±3,519) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Livingston County: 25.1 625,980 (±0.7 / ±27,589)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

563 ±75 Number of households
  • Livingston County: 24,473 ±401
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.5 (1,479  ±181) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Livingston County: 2.3 56,412 (±0 / ±92)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±4.8% (14  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Livingston County: 6.4% † 880 (±1.7% / ±234)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

605 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Livingston County: 27,328 ±74
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$168,800 ±$27,189 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Livingston County: $174,600 ±$6,073
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.3% ±1.7% (33  ±24.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Livingston County: 13.1% † 7,986 (±1.4% / ±838.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.8% ±15.4% (962  ±113.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Livingston County: 92.6% 38,628 (±2.7% / ±1,125.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.9% ±6.1% (310  ±75.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Livingston County: 30.6% 12,747 (±1.5% / ±639.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.5% ±0.7% (7  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Livingston County: 3.1% 1,933
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±1.5% (66  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Livingston County: 7.1% 3,596 (±0.7% / ±346)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
66 Total veterans ±20 57 Male ±18 9 Female ±8

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