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Population (year 2000): 8,648. Estimated
population in July 2005: 8,827 (+2.1% change)
Males: 4,157 (48.1%), Females: 4,491 (51.9%)
Monroe County
Zip code:
54656
Median resident age: 36.6 years
Median household income: $33,397 (year 2000)
Median house value: $74,600 (year 2000)
Races in Sparta:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.9%)
- Hispanic (1.8%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
- Black (0.7%)
- Other race (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (44.9%), Norwegian (17.2%),
Irish (15.5%), English (7.6%), United States (4.6%), Swedish
(3.8%).
Elevation: 793 feet
Land area: 5.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sparta
- High school or higher: 81.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
- Unemployed: 6.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sparta city
- Never married: 25.6%
- Now married: 51.3%
- Separated: 2.1%
- Widowed: 10.9%
- Divorced: 10.1%
1.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +682 (+8.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Sparta:
- FRANCISCAN SKEMP MED CTR SPARTA HOSP (310 W
MAIN ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Sparta:
- TOMAH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; TOMAH, WI)
- BLACK RIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; BLACK
RIVER FALLS, WI)
- VERNON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 148 (about 29 miles;
VIROQUA, WI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sparta:
- LA CROSSE MUNI (about 31 miles; LA CROSSE, WI; ID:
LSE)
- VOLK FIELD (about 39 miles; CAMP DOUGLAS, WI; ID:
VOK)
- CHIPPEWA VALLEY REGIONAL (about 78 miles; EAU
CLAIRE, WI; ID: EAU)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sparta:
- SPARTA/FORT MC COY (about 6 miles; SPARTA, WI; ID:
CMY)
- BLACK RIVER FALLS AREA (about 22 miles; BLACK RIVER
FALLS, WI; ID: BCK)
- BLOYER FIELD (about 23 miles; TOMAH, WI; ID: Y72)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sparta:
- WESTERN WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 25 miles;
LA CROSSE, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,973)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE (about 30 miles;
LA CROSSE, WI; FT enrollment: 8,669)
- WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles; WINONA, MN;
FT enrollment: 6,568)
- SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (about 59
miles; WINONA, MN; FT enrollment: 2,969)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE (about 74 miles;
EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 9,866)
- CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 74 miles;
EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 2,601)
- LUTHER COLLEGE (about 79 miles; DECORAH, IA; FT
enrollment: 2,566)
Public high schools in Sparta:
- SPARTA HI (Students: 853; Location: 506 N
BLACK RIVER ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- SPARTA HIGH POINT SCHOOL (Students: 41;
Location: 201 E FRANKLIN ST; Grades: 07 - 12)
- SPARTA AREA INDEPENDENT LRNG (Students: 29;
Location: 201 E FRANKLIN ST; Grades: 08 - 12)
Private high school in Sparta:
- SPARTA MENNONITE SCHOOL (Students: 17;
Location: 604 WALRATH; Grades: 1 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Sparta:
- SPARTA MEADOWVIEW MIDDLE (Students: 613;
Location: 1225 N WATER ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- SPARTA MEADOWVIEW INTERMED (Students: 329;
Location: 1225 N WATER ST; Grades: 04 - 05)
- LAWRENCE-LAWSON EL (Students: 208; Location:
429 N BLACK RIVER ST; Grades: KG - 03)
- SOUTHSIDE EL (Students: 174; Location: 1023
WALRATH ST; Grades: KG - 03)
- SPARTA CHARTER PRESCHOOL (Students: 137;
Location: 201 E FRANKLIN ST; Grades: PK - PK)
- MAPLEWOOD EL (Students: 90; Location: 900 E
MONTGOMERY ST; Grades: KG - 03)
- CATARACT EL (Students: 68; Location: 6070
STATE HIGHWAY 27; Grades: KG - 05)
- LAKEVIEW EL (Students: 57; Location: 711 PINE
ST; Grades: KG - 03)
- LEON EL (Students: 48; Location: 506 N BLACK
RIVER ST; Grades: KG - 03)
- SPARTA MONTESSORI CHARTER SCH (Location: 506
N BLACK RIVER ST; Grades: N - N )
Private primary/middle schools in Sparta:
- ST PATRICK SCHOOL (Students: 141; Location:
316 W OAK ST; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST JOHNS EVANG LUTHERAN SCH (Students: 73;
Location: 405 JEFFERSON AVENUE; Grades: PK - 8)
- SPARTA AREA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 26;
Location: 114 E WISCONSIN ST POB 511; Grades: PK - 8)
Library in Sparta:
- SPARTA FREE LIBRARY (Operating income:
$336,902; Location: 124 W. MAIN ST.; 51,854 books; 2,257
audio materials; 1,712 video materials; 162 serial
subscriptions)
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