Sparta is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 4,902 people and five associated neighborhoods, Sparta is the 118th largest community in Tennessee.Sparta is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Sparta is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sparta who work in food service (12.92%), office and administrative support (10.34%), and management occupations (8.90%). 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.In terms of college education, the citizens of Sparta rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.30% of adults 25 and older in Sparta have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Sparta in 2022 was $23,912, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,648 for a family of four. However, Sparta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sparta is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. 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, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and European. The most common language spoken in Sparta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
