Marengo vs Sparta

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

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

Marengo has the higher population (240 vs 159 in Sparta). Marengo has the higher median household income ($81,667 vs $66,923 in Sparta). Marengo has the higher median home value ($193,100 vs $88,500 in Sparta).

Population, income & housing

	Marengo	Sparta
Population	240	159
Median age	29.0 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,667	$66,923
Median home value	$193,100	$88,500
Median gross rent	$959	$1,196
Housing units	112	58
Homeownership rate	63.4%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marengo	Sparta
Population	294 → 240 (-18.4%)	175 → 159 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$36,607 → $81,667 (+123.1%)	$35,000 → $66,923 (+91.2%)
Median home value	$120,300 → $193,100 (+60.5%)	$76,700 → $88,500 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $959 (+42.1%)	$1,000 → $1,196 (+19.6%)

Marengo

Population

294240

Median household income

$36,607$81,667

Median home value

$120,300$193,100

Median gross rent

$675$959

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)

	Marengo	Sparta
Under 5	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.8%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	21.4%
25 to 34	26.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	5.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	6.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.4%
75 and over	6.7%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marengo	Sparta
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	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	2.9%	20.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marengo	Sparta
No high school diploma	14.4%	14.0%
High school graduate	47.7%	53.8%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marengo	Sparta
Drove alone	88.7%	75.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	13.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marengo	Sparta
1-unit, detached	72.3%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	37.9%

Poverty & households

	Marengo	Sparta
Poverty rate	7.9%	8.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1974	1963