Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Sparta is worth considering.
Sparta is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
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.
