One downside of living in Sparta, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.72 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.
The percentage of people in Sparta with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.30% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sparta in 2022 was $14,830, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $59,320 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 50.96% 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 Irish, English, French, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Sparta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Italian.
