Sparks

Population & Demographics

Sparks, NV

Sparks is home to 110,024 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 58,878 resident workers commute each day.

NevadaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
110,024
people
Population

110,024 residents

Median age 37.2 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Sparks population & demographics

Who lives in Sparks — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
110,024
Median age
37.2yrs
Median household income
$89,056
Median home value
$483,800
Median gross rent
$1,716/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
27.6%
Poverty rate
8.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Sparks

How Sparks breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White52.8%
Hispanic or Latino32.4%
Asian6.2%
Two or more races4.2%
Black2.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1.2%
Some other race0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%

Race across Sparks

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Sparks.

Sparks at a glance
Employed Residents
58,878
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
6.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
22.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Reno
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Sparks proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Sparks commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

60 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Sparks

58,878 commutes, one dot at a time

Sparks

Where 58,878 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Sparks, by worker count.

1Reno6.0 mi29,347
2Sparks0.0 mi13,473
3Carson City28.1 mi1,356
4Spanish Springs6.6 mi997
5Paradise347.6 mi907
6Las Vegas337.4 mi512
7Henderson354.6 mi379
8Fernley27.3 mi302

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Sparks.

1Reno6.0 mi17,151
2Sparks0.0 mi13,473
3Spanish Springs6.6 mi2,208
4Sun Valley3.3 mi2,057
5Fernley27.3 mi1,308
6Carson City28.1 mi1,216
7Cold Springs15.4 mi832
8Las Vegas337.4 mi763

Top industries

The sectors that employ Sparks’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
COConstruction16.0%
TRTransportation and Warehousing12.2%
RTRetail Trade11.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.6%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance9.7%
WSWholesale Trade9.1%
MFManufacturing8.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.1%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.4%
Connectivity

Internet options for Sparks

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps56%
5 Gbps56%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Sparks

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).