One downside of living in Sparta, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 40.98 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Sparta does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Sparta, just 7.73% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Sparta in 2022 was $15,325, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $61,300 for a family of four. However, Sparta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sparta also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 54.53% of its population below the federal poverty line.
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 Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Sparta include English, Scandinavian, Irish, French, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Sparta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Italian.
