Red Bud vs Sparta

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

Red Bud 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 3,789 in Red Bud). Red Bud has the higher median household income ($68,051 vs $63,401 in Sparta). Red Bud has the higher median home value ($170,300 vs $120,500 in Sparta).

Population, income & housing

	Red Bud	Sparta
Population	3,789	4,070
Median age	39.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,051	$63,401
Median home value	$170,300	$120,500
Median gross rent	$810	$722
Housing units	1,623	2,000
Homeownership rate	76.1%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Bud	Sparta
Population	3,539 → 3,789 (+7.1%)	4,351 → 4,070 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$59,205 → $68,051 (+14.9%)	$49,753 → $63,401 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $170,300 (+21.7%)	$90,300 → $120,500 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $810 (+14.1%)	$681 → $722 (+6.0%)

Red Bud

Population

3,5393,789

Median household income

$59,205$68,051

Median home value

$139,900$170,300

Median gross rent

$710$810

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)

	Red Bud	Sparta
Under 5	6.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	20.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	6.3%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.4%
75 and over	10.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Bud	Sparta
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Bud	Sparta
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	34.7%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Bud	Sparta
Drove alone	72.2%	85.1%
Carpooled	17.2%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.4%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Bud	Sparta
1-unit, detached	71.0%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	4.6%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Red Bud	Sparta
Poverty rate	4.7%	19.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1981	1972