Cedar Springs vs Sparta

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

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

Sparta has the higher population (4,260 vs 3,661 in Cedar Springs). Cedar Springs has the higher median household income ($56,711 vs $55,474 in Sparta). Cedar Springs has the higher median home value ($203,400 vs $190,100 in Sparta).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Springs	Sparta
Population	3,661	4,260
Median age	39.3 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,711	$55,474
Median home value	$203,400	$190,100
Median gross rent	$1,096	$954
Housing units	1,529	1,834
Homeownership rate	60.1%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Springs	Sparta
Population	3,666 → 3,661 (-0.1%)	4,354 → 4,260 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$48,898 → $56,711 (+16.0%)	$44,471 → $55,474 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $203,400 (+70.6%)	$119,700 → $190,100 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,096 (+37.0%)	$764 → $954 (+24.9%)

Cedar Springs

Population

3,6663,661

Median household income

$48,898$56,711

Median home value

$119,200$203,400

Median gross rent

$800$1,096

Sparta

Population

4,3544,260

Median household income

$44,471$55,474

Median home value

$119,700$190,100

Median gross rent

$764$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Springs	Sparta
Under 5	5.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	10.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	17.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	4.5%	11.0%
75 and over	6.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Springs	Sparta
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Springs	Sparta
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	43.0%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Springs	Sparta
Drove alone	75.5%	79.3%
Carpooled	14.5%	3.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	13.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Springs	Sparta
1-unit, detached	55.4%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.6%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Springs	Sparta
Poverty rate	25.3%	11.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1980	1965