Sparta is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,316 people and two associated neighborhoods, Sparta is the 299th largest community in Georgia.When you are in Sparta, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 43.84% of Sparta’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Sparta is a city of sales and office workers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sparta who work in sales jobs (24.49%), farm management occupations (21.41%), and legal occupations (9.09%). In Sparta, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 43.38 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small city, Sparta does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Sparta, just 6.59% 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 $19,234, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,936 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 46.99% 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 African, English, Irish, Finnish, and Scandinavian. The most common language spoken in Sparta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Italian.
