Cecil vs Sparks

A side-by-side comparison of Cecil and Sparks: population, income, housing, and more.

Cecil and Sparks are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sparks has the higher population (2,225 vs 435 in Cecil). Cecil has the higher median household income ($40,625 vs $39,141 in Sparks). Cecil has the higher median home value ($84,000 vs $79,300 in Sparks).

Population, income & housing

	Cecil	Sparks
Population	435	2,225
Median age	31.9 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,625	$39,141
Median home value	$84,000	$79,300
Median gross rent	$1,014	$942
Housing units	156	809
Homeownership rate	61.3%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cecil	Sparks
Population	300 → 435 (+45.0%)	2,464 → 2,225 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $40,625 (+8.3%)	$29,375 → $39,141 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $84,000 (-11.6%)	$53,000 → $79,300 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $1,014 (+60.2%)	$826 → $942 (+14.0%)

Cecil

Population

300435

Median household income

$37,500$40,625

Median home value

$95,000$84,000

Median gross rent

$633$1,014

Sparks

Population

2,4642,225

Median household income

$29,375$39,141

Median home value

$53,000$79,300

Median gross rent

$826$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cecil	Sparks
Under 5	2.5%	8.4%
5 to 17	27.4%	26.8%
18 to 24	14.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	7.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	4.5%
75 and over	3.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cecil	Sparks
White (non-Hispanic)	27.6%	26.8%
Black or African American	61.1%	60.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cecil	Sparks
No high school diploma	14.8%	23.4%
High school graduate	52.7%	48.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.2%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cecil	Sparks
Drove alone	85.3%	84.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	6.7%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cecil	Sparks
1-unit, detached	59.6%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.6%	54.8%

Poverty & households

	Cecil	Sparks
Poverty rate	32.8%	31.5%
Average household size	3.18	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1988	1984