Work & commute · Sparks

Work & commute in Sparks, NV

About one in 4 of Sparks’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Reno (50%), Carson (2%) and Spanish Springs (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

12,378 of 54,641 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 42,263 Sparks residents head out of town to work, 12,378 work right here, and 33,268 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sparks.

42,263live here, work elsewhere

12,378live and work here

33,268work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sparks goes to work

Reno7.4 mi away

50%27,221

Sparks (in town)right here

23%12,378

Carson29.2 mi away

2%1,288

Spanish Springs6.1 mi away

2%931

Paradise347.1 mi away

2%844

Las Vegas334.8 mi away

1%469

Henderson355.5 mi away

1%350

Fernley28 mi away

1%276

Spring Valley341.7 mi away

0%266

Truckee, CA29.9 mi away

0%257

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%10,361

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Sparks commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

70%

16%

70%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sparks is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sparks are

45,646 jobs are based in Sparks. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sparks’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sparks

45,646 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Sparks residents hold

54,641 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+32%

Jobs based in Sparks, 2013 → 2023: 34,603 → 45,646. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.