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Sparta city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Sparta city is a Census city of 9,950 people across 8.00 square miles of land, in Monroe County. Median household income is $64,973, 64.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 14 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.5 m.
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Sparta
What Sparta is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,243
- County holding the largest share of its areaMonroe County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sparta
How many people live in Sparta
- Population9,950
- Median age37.1
- Population under 182,225
- Share under 1822.4 percent
- Population 65 and over1,636
- Share 65 and over16.4 percent
- Households4,274
- Family households2,538
- Share of households that are families59.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sparta
Income and work in Sparta
- Median household income$64,973
- Per capita income$33,305
- Civilian labor force5,444
- Employed5,215
- Unemployed229 plus or minus 121
- Unemployment rate4.2 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over7,069
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.7 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.5 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sparta
Housing in Sparta
- Housing units4,517
- Occupied units4,274
- Vacant units243 plus or minus 116
- Vacancy rate5.4 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Owner occupied2,763
- Renter occupied1,511
- Ownership rate64.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$180,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$861
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.9 percent
- Single family units2,988
- Share single family66.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,130 plus or minus 243
- Share in buildings of two or more25.0 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Mobile homes392 plus or minus 200
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sparta
How Sparta gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,596
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,246
- Share commuting under 15 minutes48.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,227 plus or minus 259
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.7 percent
- Drove alone73.8 percent
- Carpooled8.1 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked2.7 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home10.2 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sparta
SBA 7(a) lending to Sparta borrowers
- Approvals14
- Gross approval$2,530,800
- Average approval$180,771
- Median approval$110,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$441,000
- Largest approval$559,000
- Jobs supported60
- Jobs per approval4.3
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more28.6 percent
- Share to franchises14.3 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS13
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sparta
SBA 504 lending to Sparta borrowers
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$4,005,000
- Average approval$500,625
- Median approval$461,000
- Largest approval$1,513,000
- Jobs supported47
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Monroe County, not Sparta
Monroe County context, not Sparta figures
These are Monroe County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sparta measurements.
- Establishments in Monroe County967
- Employment at those establishments, Monroe County16,790
- Covered employment, Monroe County21,455
- Average annual pay, Monroe County$53,839
- Average weekly wage, Monroe County$1,035
- Housing units permitted, Monroe County116
- Of those, single family, Monroe County96
- County product, 2024, Monroe County$3,006,155,000
- County product change over the prior year, Monroe County2.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Monroe County$53,477
Every figure in this section is published for Monroe County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sparta. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Sparta questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sparta, Wisconsin?
9,950, in 4,274 households. Sparta city covers 8.00 square miles of land, which is 1,243 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sparta in?
Monroe County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Sparta?
$64,973. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $180,600. Median gross rent is $861 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sparta businesses?
14 7(a) approvals totalling $2.5 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $110,000, plus 8 504 approvals worth $4.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sparta, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sparta borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sparta. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Sparta figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Monroe County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Sparta.
Is zoning published for Sparta?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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