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Sparks, NV
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Sparks profile


Living in Sparks


Sparks is a relatively large city located in the state of Nevada. With a population of 111,520 people and 31 associated neighborhoods, Sparks is the fifth largest community in Nevada.

Also of interest is that Sparks has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.06% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In terms of college education, Sparks is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.64% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sparks in 2022 was $42,099, which is upper middle income relative to Nevada and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $168,396 for a family of four. However, Sparks contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Sparks is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sparks home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sparks residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Sparks also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.39% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sparks include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European.

Sparks also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.90%.

The most common language spoken in Sparks is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.