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Sparks, NV

109,227 Population
36.5 square miles 2,993.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Nevada: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$38,456 ±$2,371 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Reno, NV Metro Area: $45,154 ±$1,727
  • about the same as the amount in Nevada: $38,183 ±$710
$81,512 ±$6,418 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Reno, NV Metro Area: $80,333 ±$2,463
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nevada: $72,333 ±$1,026

7.9% ±2.1% (8,553  ±2,238) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 10.1% † 50,032 (±1.1% / ±5,173)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nevada: 12.5% 390,848 (±0.6% / ±19,015)

24.2 minutes ±1 (1,201,480  ±97,358) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 22.4 5,022,610 (±0.7 / ±194,750)
  • about the same as the figure in Nevada: 24.5 32,467,850 (±0.3 / ±613,783)

Families

42,946 ±2,233 Number of households
  • the Reno, NV Metro Area: 200,436 ±3,049
  • Nevada: 1,198,356 ±7,074
2.5 ±0.1 (108,886  ±45) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 2.5 494,334 (±0 / ±1,409)
  • a little less than the figure in Nevada: 2.6 3,142,947

6.1% ±3% (1,596  ±794) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 4.8% † 5,484 (±1.2% / ±1,374)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nevada: 5.6% 41,310 (±0.6% / ±4,113)

Housing

46,344 ±2,354 Number of housing units
  • the Reno, NV Metro Area: 220,286 ±715
  • Nevada: 1,328,788 ±137

$488,500 ±$17,591 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Reno, NV Metro Area: $528,900 ±$13,806
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nevada: $434,700 ±$3,727

12.6% ±2.4% (13,577  ±2,568.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 13.8% 68,682 (±1.3% / ±6,626.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nevada: 13.6% 426,272 (±0.6% / ±19,247.3)

Social

89.4% ±4.3% (67,584  ±4,114.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 89% 314,232 (±2.5% / ±8,925.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Nevada: 87.4% 1,944,061 (±1.1% / ±23,789.9)
25.1% ±2.6% (18,987  ±2,100.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 31.6% 111,449 (±1.5% / ±5,331.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nevada: 27% 601,212 (±0.6% / ±13,271.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14% ±2.7% (15,329  ±2,978) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 13.8% 68,926 (±0.9% / ±4,398)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nevada: 18.9% 600,957

7.2% ±1.8% (6,051  ±1,520) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 7.1% 28,163 (±0.6% / ±2,381)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nevada: 8.3% 205,615 (±0.3% / ±7,257)
6,051 Total veterans ±1,520 5,262 Male ±1,431 789 Female ±448

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