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Sparta, GA

1,827 Population
1.8 square miles 1,008.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.5 ±7.4 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Hancock County: 47.3 ±1.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$15,325 ±$5,183 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hancock County: $19,305 † ±$2,199
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$24,854 ±$8,528 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hancock County: $33,182 † ±$9,039
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

54.5% ±17.6% (951  ±416) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hancock County: 31.5% † 2,154 (±8.2% / ±564)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

45 minutes ±14.8 (24,580  ±14,425) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Hancock County: 34.9 † 75,160 (±7.2 / ±18,355)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

571 ±188 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 2,852 ±248
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
3.1 ±1.4 (1,751  ±514) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Hancock County: 2.5 7,084 (±0.2 / ±20)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

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

Housing

804 ±218 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 4,945 ±15
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$56,500 ±$10,945 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hancock County: $87,400 † ±$8,725
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

2% ±2.2% (37  ±41.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Hancock County: 5.9% † 506 (±2.1% / ±180.2)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

83.7% ±36.3% (834  ±227.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 73.9% † 4,877 (±7.4% / ±524.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
7.7% ±4.8% (77  ±54.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 8.4% † 552 (±2.5% / ±164)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

0.9% ±1.7% (17  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hancock County: 1.3% 113
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

6.1% ±4.6% (74  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Hancock County: 5.8% † 424 (±1.9% / ±138)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
74 Total veterans ±60 74 Male ±60 N/A Female ±14

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