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Sparta, TN Urban Area

5,509 Population
7.1 square miles 770.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.6 ±5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,549 ±$9,869 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,683 ±$7,044 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.5% ±5.3% (655  ±278) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.9 minutes ±3.8 (39,880  ±10,327) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,384 ±209 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (5,196  ±355) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.7% ±1.7% (18  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,559 ±217 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$208,900 ±$21,781 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.3% ±6.1% (1,064  ±344) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.3% ±9.1% (3,892  ±470.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.4% ±4.5% (766  ±206) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

1.2% ±1.2% (65  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±2.3% (207  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
207 Total veterans ±107 153 Male ±94 54 Female ±51

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