Sparta vs Tomah

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

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

Sparta has the higher population (9,921 vs 9,505 in Tomah). Sparta has the higher median household income ($60,517 vs $51,185 in Tomah). Sparta has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $162,900 in Tomah).

Population, income & housing

	Sparta	Tomah
Population	9,921	9,505
Median age	36.6 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,517	$51,185
Median home value	$168,800	$162,900
Median gross rent	$902	$927
Housing units	4,465	4,600
Homeownership rate	62.3%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sparta	Tomah
Population	9,717 → 9,921 (+2.1%)	9,383 → 9,505 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$50,156 → $60,517 (+20.7%)	$51,520 → $51,185 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$123,300 → $168,800 (+36.9%)	$120,600 → $162,900 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $902 (+9.1%)	$827 → $927 (+12.1%)

Sparta

Population

9,7179,921

Median household income

$50,156$60,517

Median home value

$123,300$168,800

Median gross rent

$827$902

Tomah

Population

9,3839,505

Median household income

$51,520$51,185

Median home value

$120,600$162,900

Median gross rent

$827$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sparta	Tomah
Under 5	6.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.7%
75 and over	5.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sparta	Tomah
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	89.2%
Black or African American	2.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sparta	Tomah
No high school diploma	8.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	37.5%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sparta	Tomah
Drove alone	77.5%	86.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.1%	3.8%
Other means	1.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sparta	Tomah
1-unit, detached	56.5%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	14.2%
20 or more units	2.7%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Sparta	Tomah
Poverty rate	12.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1974	1977