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Population (year 2000): 1,817. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,797 (-1.1% change)
Males: 835 (46.0%), Females: 982 (54.0%)
Alleghany County
Zip code:
28675
Median resident age: 44.4 years
Median household income: $22,474 (year 2000)
Median house value: $76,600 (year 2000)
Races in Sparta:
- White Non-Hispanic (88.9%)
- Hispanic (7.7%)
- Other race (2.2%)
- Black (2.0%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
- Chinese (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (23.6%), English
(13.5%), German (7.9%), Irish (7.5%), Scotch-Irish (5.3%),
Scottish (1.2%).
Elevation: 2939 feet
Land area: 2.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sparta
- High school or higher: 60.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
- Unemployed: 7.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sparta town
- Never married: 20.2%
- Now married: 48.0%
- Separated: 4.2%
- Widowed: 14.6%
- Divorced: 13.1%
7.6% Foreign born (6.2% Latin America, 1.3%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -203 (-10.0%).
Hospital/medical center in Sparta:
- ALLEGHANY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (617
DOCTORS STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Sparta:
- TWIN COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles;
GALAX, VA)
- ASHE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; JEFFERSON,
NC)
- WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 24 miles;
NORTH WILKESBORO, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sparta:
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 57 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 68 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
- PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL (about 88 miles;
GREENSBORO, NC; ID: GSO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sparta:
- WILKES COUNTY (about 21 miles; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC;
ID: UKF)
- ASHE COUNTY (about 22 miles; JEFFERSON, NC; ID: GEV)
- TWIN COUNTY (about 27 miles; GALAX HILLSVILLE, VA;
ID: HLX)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sparta:
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 46 miles; BOONE,
NC; Full-time enrollment: 12,245)
- NEW RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 52 miles; DUBLIN,
VA; FT enrollment: 2,262)
- BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE (about 54 miles; BLUEFIELD,
WV; FT enrollment: 2,096)
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 58 miles;
HICKORY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,052)
- RADFORD UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles; RADFORD, VA; FT
enrollment: 8,034)
- SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 63
miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)
- WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (about 64 miles; WINSTON
SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 5,944)
Public high school in Sparta:
- ALLEGHANY HIGH (Students: 411; Location: 404
TROJAN AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Sparta:
- SPARTA ELEMENTARY (Students: 681; Location:
450 N MAIN STREET; Grades: PK - 08)
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