Doyle vs Sparta

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

Doyle 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 488 in Doyle). Sparta has the higher median household income ($43,989 vs $38,750 in Doyle). Sparta has the higher median home value ($200,600 vs $136,300 in Doyle).

Population, income & housing

	Doyle	Sparta
Population	488	4,915
Median age	32.6 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$43,989
Median home value	$136,300	$200,600
Median gross rent	$820	$745
Housing units	213	2,314
Homeownership rate	64.9%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doyle	Sparta
Population	626 → 488 (-22.0%)	4,937 → 4,915 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $38,750 (+19.2%)	$33,750 → $43,989 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $136,300 (+55.4%)	$93,900 → $200,600 (+113.6%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $820 (+24.2%)	$640 → $745 (+16.4%)

Doyle

Population

626488

Median household income

$32,500$38,750

Median home value

$87,700$136,300

Median gross rent

$660$820

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)

	Doyle	Sparta
Under 5	5.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	25.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	20.1%	16.6%
35 to 44	4.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	5.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	17.1%
75 and over	10.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doyle	Sparta
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	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	9.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doyle	Sparta
No high school diploma	19.3%	12.0%
High school graduate	49.2%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doyle	Sparta
Drove alone	85.7%	93.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doyle	Sparta
1-unit, detached	74.2%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Doyle	Sparta
Poverty rate	25.6%	14.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1979	1967