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Sparks, TX

4,134 Population
1.4 square miles 2,952.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±8.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 33.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$14,522 ±$3,487 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: $28,456 ±$446
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$34,876 ±$23,151 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: $59,751 ±$1,132
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

51.7% ±14.9% (2,121  ±868) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 18.7% 161,105 (±0.6% / ±5,225)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.6 minutes ±3.7 (32,460  ±12,063) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 24.1 8,530,145 (±0.3 / ±147,795)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,113 ±281 Number of households
  • the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 300,479 ±1,061
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.7 ±0.5 (4,134  ±1,200) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 2.9 859,709 (±0 / ±346)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.4% ±9.6% (83  ±100) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 6.3% 13,381 (±0.5% / ±1,096)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,194 ±290 Number of housing units
  • the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 324,704 ±170
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$103,800 ±$11,224 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: $180,200 ±$2,427
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.7% ±3.2% (153  ±140.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 11.9% 102,367 (±0.5% / ±4,638.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

64.7% ±6.8% (1,416  ±415.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 81% 446,407 (±1.1% / ±6,101)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
4.5% ±4% (99  ±92.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 25.9% 142,695 (±0.6% / ±3,434.8)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

36.7% ±9.2% (1,519  ±582) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 23.1% 202,154
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.3% ±2.9% (62  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 7.6% 47,842 (±0.3% / ±2,122)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
62 Total veterans ±80 62 Male ±80 N/A Female ±15

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