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Work & commute · Sparks

Work & commute in Sparks, TX

Most working residents leave Sparks for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso (71%), Horizon City (3%) and Socorro (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
13 of 2,317 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,304 Sparks residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 483 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sparks.

2,304live here, work elsewhere
13live and work here
483work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sparks goes to work

GlendaleVintonSan ElizarioHorizon CitySocorroEl PasoSan AntonioMidlandChaparralSparksHomestead Meadows SouthFabensAgua DulceFort BlissHomestead Meadows NorthEl PasoHorizon CitySocorroFort BlissSan AntonioFabensVintonSan ElizarioMidlandSparks
1
El Paso16.5 mi away
71%1,641
2
Horizon City2.9 mi away
3%77
3
Socorro2.6 mi away
2%52
4
Fort Bliss14 mi away
1%26
5
San Antonio483.6 mi away
1%23
6
Sparks (in town)right here
1%13
7
Fabens12.4 mi away
1%12
8
Vinton28.7 mi away
0%11
9
San Elizario6.6 mi away
0%11
10
Midland243.4 mi away
0%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%440

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.

50%Under 10 mi
40%10–24 mi
2%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sparks is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sparks are

496 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

496 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities59%
Services (health, schools, offices…)23%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%
Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Sparks residents hold

2,317 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month52%
−2%

Jobs based in Sparks, 2013 → 2023: 508 → 496. 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.

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