Evansville vs Sparta

A side-by-side comparison of Evansville and Sparta: population, income, housing, and more.

Evansville and Sparta are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sparta has the higher population (4,070 vs 781 in Evansville). Sparta has the higher median household income ($63,401 vs $63,125 in Evansville). Sparta has the higher median home value ($120,500 vs $84,700 in Evansville).

Population, income & housing

	Evansville	Sparta
Population	781	4,070
Median age	40.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$63,401
Median home value	$84,700	$120,500
Median gross rent	$775	$722
Housing units	371	2,000
Homeownership rate	80.7%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evansville	Sparta
Population	654 → 781 (+19.4%)	4,351 → 4,070 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$47,778 → $63,125 (+32.1%)	$49,753 → $63,401 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $84,700 (+29.9%)	$90,300 → $120,500 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $775 (+52.6%)	$681 → $722 (+6.0%)

Evansville

Population

654781

Median household income

$47,778$63,125

Median home value

$65,200$84,700

Median gross rent

$508$775

Sparta

Population

4,3514,070

Median household income

$49,753$63,401

Median home value

$90,300$120,500

Median gross rent

$681$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evansville	Sparta
Under 5	4.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	20.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	10.3%
25 to 34	6.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	20.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	16.0%	12.4%
75 and over	4.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evansville	Sparta
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evansville	Sparta
No high school diploma	13.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	37.4%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evansville	Sparta
Drove alone	84.8%	85.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evansville	Sparta
1-unit, detached	79.5%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Evansville	Sparta
Poverty rate	20.0%	19.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1949	1972