Sparta vs Steeleville

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

Sparta and Steeleville 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 1,732 in Steeleville). Sparta has the higher median household income ($63,401 vs $60,982 in Steeleville). Steeleville has the higher median home value ($155,100 vs $120,500 in Sparta).

Population, income & housing

	Sparta	Steeleville
Population	4,070	1,732
Median age	40.1 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,401	$60,982
Median home value	$120,500	$155,100
Median gross rent	$722	$775
Housing units	2,000	890
Homeownership rate	59.5%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sparta	Steeleville
Population	4,351 → 4,070 (-6.5%)	2,095 → 1,732 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$49,753 → $63,401 (+27.4%)	$54,213 → $60,982 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $120,500 (+33.4%)	$91,500 → $155,100 (+69.5%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $722 (+6.0%)	$693 → $775 (+11.8%)

Sparta

Population

4,3514,070

Median household income

$49,753$63,401

Median home value

$90,300$120,500

Median gross rent

$681$722

Steeleville

Population

2,0951,732

Median household income

$54,213$60,982

Median home value

$91,500$155,100

Median gross rent

$693$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sparta	Steeleville
Under 5	5.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	20.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	4.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	15.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.4%	13.0%
75 and over	9.4%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sparta	Steeleville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	92.6%
Black or African American	13.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sparta	Steeleville
No high school diploma	6.3%	10.4%
High school graduate	39.7%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sparta	Steeleville
Drove alone	85.1%	90.6%
Carpooled	11.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sparta	Steeleville
1-unit, detached	61.1%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.7%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Sparta	Steeleville
Poverty rate	19.0%	13.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1972	1971