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Sparta, TN
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Living in Sparta



Sparta is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 4,915 people and five associated neighborhoods, Sparta is the 118th largest community in Tennessee.

Sparta is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Sparta, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

Also of interest is that Sparta has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Sparta has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Sparta a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

As is often the case in a small city, Sparta doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The citizens of Sparta are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.21% of adults in Sparta have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Sparta in 2022 was $27,685, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,740 for a family of four. However, Sparta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Sparta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sparta residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sparta include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Sparta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.


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