Clever vs Sparta

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

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

Clever has the higher population (2,977 vs 2,378 in Sparta). Clever has the higher median household income ($77,403 vs $61,630 in Sparta). Clever has the higher median home value ($179,400 vs $167,400 in Sparta).

Population, income & housing

	Clever	Sparta
Population	2,977	2,378
Median age	31.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,403	$61,630
Median home value	$179,400	$167,400
Median gross rent	$1,118	$778
Housing units	1,184	1,014
Homeownership rate	71.6%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clever	Sparta
Population	2,667 → 2,977 (+11.6%)	1,612 → 2,378 (+47.5%)
Median household income	$49,766 → $77,403 (+55.5%)	$41,445 → $61,630 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$110,600 → $179,400 (+62.2%)	$103,000 → $167,400 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,118 (+21.1%)	$722 → $778 (+7.8%)

Clever

Population

2,6672,977

Median household income

$49,766$77,403

Median home value

$110,600$179,400

Median gross rent

$923$1,118

Sparta

Population

1,6122,378

Median household income

$41,445$61,630

Median home value

$103,000$167,400

Median gross rent

$722$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clever	Sparta
Under 5	8.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	21.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	19.7%	17.9%
35 to 44	18.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.6%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	3.9%	11.5%
75 and over	4.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clever	Sparta
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clever	Sparta
No high school diploma	7.7%	8.5%
High school graduate	32.0%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clever	Sparta
Drove alone	88.3%	87.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clever	Sparta
1-unit, detached	86.9%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Clever	Sparta
Poverty rate	6.2%	10.3%
Average household size	2.66	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	2004	1995