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Sparta city, Monroe County, WI

9,950 Population
8 square miles 1,243.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 39.7 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,305 ±$2,970 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $35,704 ±$1,456
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,973 ±$6,351 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Monroe County: $69,467 ±$3,463
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±3.4% (1,100  ±329) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Monroe County: 11.7% † 5,343 (±1.6% / ±740)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.3 minutes ±1.4 (88,595  ±9,949) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Monroe County: 20.3 400,835 (±0.9 / ±20,829)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,274 ±182 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 18,301 ±234
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (9,711  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 2.5 45,357 (±0 / ±145)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±3% (112  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 5.8% † 546 (±1.2% / ±108)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,517 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 20,022 ±57
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$180,600 ±$10,952 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $210,000 ±$6,667
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±3.6% (1,015  ±355.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 9.3% † 4,246 (±1.3% / ±581.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.6% ±6.9% (6,475  ±568.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 90.8% 28,337 (±2.9% / ±916.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.7% ±4.3% (1,391  ±309.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 21.4% 6,661 (±1.6% / ±491.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • 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

2.3% ±1% (226  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 2.6% 1,185
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.6% ±2.2% (657  ±168) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Monroe County: 11.9% † 4,063 (±1.2% / ±419)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
657 Total veterans ±168 557 Male ±157 100 Female ±68

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