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Sparks, NV
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Sparks profile


Living in Sparks



Sparks is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Nevada. With a population of 109,226 people and 31 associated neighborhoods, Sparks is the fifth largest community in Nevada.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.38% 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.

The percentage of people in Sparks who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.43% of adults in Sparks have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sparks in 2018 was $37,980, which is upper middle income relative to Nevada and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $151,920 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 34.19% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sparks include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

In addition, Sparks has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.03%).

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