Bon Air vs Sparta

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

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

Sparta has the higher population (4,915 vs 251 in Bon Air). Bon Air has the higher median household income ($59,773 vs $43,989 in Sparta). Since 2019, Sparta's population has grown faster (-0.4% vs -43.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bon Air	Sparta
Population	251	4,915
Median age	33.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,773	$43,989
Median home value	—	$200,600
Median gross rent	—	$745
Housing units	144	2,314
Homeownership rate	84.4%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bon Air	Sparta
Population	442 → 251 (-43.2%)	4,937 → 4,915 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$72,542 → $59,773 (-17.6%)	$33,750 → $43,989 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$69,200 → $78,300 (+13.2%)	$93,900 → $200,600 (+113.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$640 → $745 (+16.4%)

Bon Air

Population

442251

Median household income

$72,542$59,773

Median home value

$69,200$78,300

Sparta

Population

4,9374,915

Median household income

$33,750$43,989

Median home value

$93,900$200,600

Median gross rent

$640$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bon Air	Sparta
Under 5	8.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	23.1%	16.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	4.4%	17.1%
75 and over	18.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bon Air	Sparta
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bon Air	Sparta
No high school diploma	9.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	33.9%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bon Air	Sparta
Drove alone	100.0%	93.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bon Air	Sparta
1-unit, detached	94.4%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Bon Air	Sparta
Poverty rate	25.1%	14.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	44	18
Median year structure built	1959	1967