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Sparks, NV (City Center) Help

Found within zip codes: 89431

About City Center

Real Estate Prices and Overview

Median real estate prices in the City Center of Sparks are $109,799, which is less expensive than 81.7% of Nevada neighborhoods and 70.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Average rental prices in Sparks City Center are currently $720, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price then 77.9% of Nevada neighborhoods.

Sparks City Center is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Sparks, Nevada.

Real estate in the City Center of Sparks, NV is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the City Center neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

Sparks City Center has a 11.5% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 61.2% of American neighborhoods). This could either signal that there is weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood, or that much of the housing stock is seasonally occupied, which can occur in some markets dominated by colleges or vacation homes. Either way, if you live here year round, you will find many of the homes or apartments are empty for all or a portion of the year.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Notable & Unique: Diversity

Significantly, 4.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Tagalog, which is the first language of the Philippine region, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors The Neighbors: Income

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the City Center neighborhood in Sparks are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors: Occupations

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the shear diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations. In the Sparks City Center neighborhood, 38.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.2%), and 14.7% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

The Neighbors: Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior - comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures. In the City Center neighborhood in Sparks, NV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (31.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.7%) , and residents who report English roots (4.8%) , and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.4%) , along with some Asian ancestry residents (4.2%), among others. In addition, 23.5% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

The Neighbors: Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Sparks City Center neighborhood is English, spoken by 62.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region).

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Sparks City Center neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (72.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (13.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.

NEIGHBORHOOD COST DETAILS
MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE $109,799
HOUSE VALUE RANGE
COST
$833,001+ 0%
$625,001-$833,000 0%
$416,001-$625,000 0%
$333,001-$416,000 0%
$250,001-$333,000 6%
$167,001-$250,000 22%
$83,001-$167,000 55%
$42,001-$83,000 8%
$0-$42,000 8%
RENTAL PRICE Low cost relative to NV, medium cost relative to the nation
NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL, & CHARACTER DETAILS
THE SETTING Urban (based on population density)
TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS Mostly Single-family homes, some Complexes/high rise apartments, some Small apartment buildings, some Rowhouses & attached homes and a few Mobile homes
SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS Mostly Small dwellings (1, 2, or no bedrooms), some Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms) and a few Large dwellings (4 or 5 bedrooms)
AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS Mostly Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Established but not old (Built 1970 – 1999) and some Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier)
HOMEOWNERSHIP Mixed owners & renters
SPECIAL CHARACTER Mostly Walkable and Hip & Trendy
THE NEIGHBORS DETAILS
AGE & LIFESTYLE Mostly Mixed ages, some Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Families with children (family households with school-aged children) and some Seniors (people 65 and over)
EDUCATION LEVEL Rating: 2 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated)
INCOME Lower middle income (somewhat below average income for America)
OCCUPATIONS Mostly Sales & Service workers, some Manufacturing & Laborers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support and some Executive, managerial & professional
ETHNICITY / ANCESTRY Mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Hispanic, some Mexican, some Irish ancestry, some East Asian, some Italian ancestry and some Black
LANGUAGES Mostly English speaking and some Spanish speaking

School Rating Information

Neighborhood Educational Rating

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SCHOOLS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD * GRADES
LINCOLN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
201 LINCOLN WAY, SPARKS, NV 89431
(775) 353-5570
PK-06
GEORGE L DILWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL
255 PRATER WAY, SPARKS, NV 89431
(775) 353-5740
07-08

* Depending on where you live in this neighborhood, your children may attend these schools or other schools outside the neighborhood. Always check with your local school department to determine which schools your children may attend based on your specific address and your child's grade-level.

This neighborhood is served by one 1 district.

WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

64,380 Students enrolled in District

109 Schools in District

District quality compared to Nevada
District quality compared to U.S.
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19
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)

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ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) 49.2 38.7
BLACK (%) 2.7 9.9
HISPANIC (%) 36.6 38.7
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) 4.7 6.1
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) 1.8 1.3
ECONOMIC GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) 45.9 50.3
Educational Expenditures
FOR THIS DISTRICT PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $5,106 $331,072,000 49.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT $583 $37,813,000 5.6
STAFF $391 $25,336,000 3.8
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $175 $11,339,000 1.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $530 $34,363,000 5.1
OPERATION $826 $53,585,000 8.0
TRANSPORTATION $333 $21,623,000 3.2
OTHER $304 $19,706,000 2.9
TOTAL SUPPORT $3,143 $203,765,000 30.4
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $2,105 $136,464,000 20.3
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $10,354 $671,301,000 100.0
NEIGHBORHOOD EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT Help
ADULTS IN NEIGHBORHOOD WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) 8.9
CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING IN POVERTY (%) 23.7

Neighborhood Appreciation Rates Help

PERIOD TOTAL APPRECIATION AVG. ANNUAL RATE COMPARED TO NV* COMPARED TO AMERICA*
SINCE 1990 28.33% 1.09% 2 1
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* 10 is highest

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Neighborhood Crime Data Help

CRIME INDEX
(100 is safest)
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Neighborhood Annual Crimes

VIOLENT PROPERTY TOTAL
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Violent Crime Comparison per 1,000 residents

National Median 3.9

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in Sparks 1 in 309

in Nevada 1 in 178

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Property Crime Rate Comparison per 1,000 residents

National Median 29.1

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in Sparks 1 in 37

in Nevada 1 in 39

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Crimes Per Square Mile

National Median 39.6

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