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Sparta, GA

1,830 Population
1.8 square miles 1,010.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±17.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Hancock County: 47.3 ±1.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$19,234 ±$6,221 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Hancock County: $19,746 † ±$3,157
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
$-666,666,700 Median household income
  • Hancock County: $40,082 † ±$9,107
  • Georgia: $77,353 ±$407

47% ±20.3% (826  ±462) 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)

46.8 minutes ±14.5 (31,630  ±19,568) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Hancock County: 35.4 † 72,545 (±7.5 / ±19,414)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)

Families

659 ±224 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 2,922 ±280
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
2.7 ±0.3 (1,758  ±623) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hancock County: 2.4 6,913 (±0.2 / ±23)
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

907 ±244 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 4,971 ±15
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384

$56,400 ±$4,693 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hancock County: $88,600 † ±$15,135
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171

1.4% ±2.1% (26  ±39.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hancock County: 5.3% † 454 (±2.8% / ±243.4)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)

Social

88.1% ±38.1% (1,029  ±298.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 76.2% † 5,111 (±8.4% / ±574.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
6.6% ±4% (77  ±53) 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)

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

1% ±1.7% (19  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Hancock County: 2.2% 187
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778

4.2% ±3.1% (58  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hancock County: 6.5% † 482 (±2.1% / ±159)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
58 Total veterans ±46 58 Male ±46 N/A Female ±14

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