Chesterville vs Sparta

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

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

Chesterville has the higher population (232 vs 159 in Sparta). Sparta has the higher median household income ($66,923 vs $53,500 in Chesterville). Chesterville has the higher median home value ($115,300 vs $88,500 in Sparta).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterville	Sparta
Population	232	159
Median age	37.3 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,500	$66,923
Median home value	$115,300	$88,500
Median gross rent	$971	$1,196
Housing units	89	58
Homeownership rate	77.4%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterville	Sparta
Population	219 → 232 (+5.9%)	175 → 159 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$46,563 → $53,500 (+14.9%)	$35,000 → $66,923 (+91.2%)
Median home value	$92,900 → $115,300 (+24.1%)	$76,700 → $88,500 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $971 (+10.5%)	$1,000 → $1,196 (+19.6%)

Chesterville

Population

219232

Median household income

$46,563$53,500

Median home value

$92,900$115,300

Median gross rent

$879$971

Sparta

Population

175159

Median household income

$35,000$66,923

Median home value

$76,700$88,500

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,196

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterville	Sparta
Under 5	11.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.1%	20.1%
18 to 24	12.1%	21.4%
25 to 34	15.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	5.0%
45 to 54	8.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.4%
75 and over	11.2%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterville	Sparta
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	78.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	20.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterville	Sparta
No high school diploma	9.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	43.6%	53.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterville	Sparta
Drove alone	90.3%	75.8%
Carpooled	1.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterville	Sparta
1-unit, detached	91.0%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	37.9%

Poverty & households

	Chesterville	Sparta
Poverty rate	14.4%	8.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1938	1963