Sparta is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 4,989 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 professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sparta who work in office and administrative support (15.27%), teaching (9.78%), and management occupations (7.46%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Sparta telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.04% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Sparta spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.50 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. 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, Sparta is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.15% of adults 25 and older in Sparta have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Sparta in 2022 was $29,020, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,080 for a family of four. However, Sparta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 Dutch. The most common language spoken in Sparta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
