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Sparks, NV

111,523 Population
36.5 square miles 3,055.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Nevada: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,162 ±$3,577 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Reno, NV Metro Area: $49,748 ±$2,100
  • about the same as the amount in Nevada: $42,545 ±$734
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$91,545 ±$6,485 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Reno, NV Metro Area: $89,159 ±$2,990
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nevada: $81,134 ±$1,112
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.5% ±3.1% (9,443  ±3,385) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 9.6% † 54,794 (±1.3% / ±7,146)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nevada: 11.6% 374,033 (±0.7% / ±23,623)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.1 minutes ±1 (1,218,795  ±60,051) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 23.3 5,681,170 (±0.4 / ±115,607)
  • a little less than the figure in Nevada: 24.8 32,319,316 (±0.2 / ±281,879)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

43,837 ±2,435 Number of households
  • the Reno, NV Metro Area: 234,814 ±3,038
  • Nevada: 1,238,925 ±7,143
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (110,882  ±82) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 2.4 567,778 (±0 / ±1,425)
  • a little less than the figure in Nevada: 2.6 3,231,251
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.2% ±2.3% (1,590  ±597) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 5% † 6,534 (±1% / ±1,324)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nevada: 4.7% † 35,803 (±0.6% / ±4,484)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

46,468 ±2,578 Number of housing units
  • the Reno, NV Metro Area: 256,352 ±725
  • Nevada: 1,365,893 ±223
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$515,500 ±$25,373 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Reno, NV Metro Area: $535,700 ±$14,901
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nevada: $455,500 ±$3,836
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17.9% ±4.4% (19,703  ±4,801.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 15.7% 89,154 (±1.3% / ±7,511.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nevada: 14% 453,677 (±0.7% / ±22,294.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

85.9% ±4.4% (67,470  ±4,414.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 88.7% 366,162 (±2.2% / ±9,248)
  • about the same as the rate in Nevada: 87.7% 2,032,703 (±1.1% / ±24,357.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.6% ±3.1% (24,861  ±2,640.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 34.9% 143,928 (±1.4% / ±5,812)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nevada: 28.5% 661,208 (±0.6% / ±14,005.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

19.2% ±2.8% (21,440  ±3,104) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 14.9% 85,688 (±0.9% / ±4,941)
  • a little less than the rate in Nevada: 19.9% 649,711
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6% ±1.2% (5,214  ±1,044) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 7% 32,013 (±0.6% / ±2,666)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nevada: 7.2% 184,149 (±0.3% / ±7,130)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,214 Total veterans ±1,044 4,783 Male ±959 431 Female ±312

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