Sparta vs Warsaw

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

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

Warsaw has the higher population (1,868 vs 212 in Sparta). Warsaw has the higher median household income ($58,284 vs $43,250 in Sparta). Warsaw has the higher median home value ($168,400 vs $105,700 in Sparta).

Population, income & housing

	Sparta	Warsaw
Population	212	1,868
Median age	36.0 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,250	$58,284
Median home value	$105,700	$168,400
Median gross rent	$850	$768
Housing units	109	812
Homeownership rate	74.4%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sparta	Warsaw
Population	295 → 212 (-28.1%)	1,884 → 1,868 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$50,893 → $43,250 (-15.0%)	$40,108 → $58,284 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $105,700 (+24.4%)	$97,100 → $168,400 (+73.4%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $850 (+0.7%)	$694 → $768 (+10.7%)

Sparta

Population

295212

Median household income

$50,893$43,250

Median home value

$85,000$105,700

Median gross rent

$844$850

Warsaw

Population

1,8841,868

Median household income

$40,108$58,284

Median home value

$97,100$168,400

Median gross rent

$694$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sparta	Warsaw
Under 5	9.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.2%	18.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	18.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	6.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.7%
75 and over	0.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sparta	Warsaw
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	77.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sparta	Warsaw
No high school diploma	12.9%	17.3%
High school graduate	41.0%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sparta	Warsaw
Drove alone	84.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	15.5%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sparta	Warsaw
1-unit, detached	74.3%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	30.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	25.7%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Sparta	Warsaw
Poverty rate	26.9%	25.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1955	1978