A town of 3,225. A typical home worth about $280K.
The 2 things Sparta does most differently from other towns.
Where Sparta’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
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Nothing on the calendar.
Ordered by what stands out in Sparta. Another town gets a different order.
Most working residents leave Sparta for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sparta (24%), La Crosse (12%) and Tomah (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.
The typical Sparta home is worth about $280,000, up 5.4% in a year, 17% below the Wisconsin typical home.
Sparta beats the Wisconsin average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8.
| What stands out | Sparta | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8% | 6.5% |
| More smokers | 16.7% | 13.6% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 31.7% | 26.6% |
Sparta has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 8°, and about 55 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 51% of U.S. communities.
4.5 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves.
12 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.
City in Wisconsin, United States
Sparta is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States, along the La Crosse River. The population was 10,025 at the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Sparta.