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Sparks, NV
Population: 74,344
Compare Sparks to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income
(per year) |
$62,562 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$47,395 |
$68,109 |
| Sales tax |
7.38% |
6.55% |
State income tax rate
(highest bracket) |
n/a |
6.46% |
State income tax rate
(lowest bracket) |
n/a |
2.74% |
Auto insurance premiums
(Average for the state) |
$2,557 |
$2,207 |
Job growth %
(2000-2005) |
13.84% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median home price |
$300,000 |
$259,566 |
Home price gain
(2004-2005) |
25.00% |
9.26% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Colleges, universities and
professional schools |
2 |
8 |
Junior colleges and
technical institutes |
0 |
0 |
Test scores reading
(% +/- state average) |
14.3% |
13.3% |
Test scores math
(% +/- state average) |
12.9% |
16.9% |
% students attending
public/private schools |
98.0/2.00 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index
(% of days AQI ranked as good) |
84.9% |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
96 |
45 |
Property crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
105 |
74 |
Personal crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
458 |
228 |
Property crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
4,545 |
3,105 |
Median commute time
(in minutes) |
16.6 |
20.8 |
% population with commute
45 mins. or longer |
4.6% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles) |
7 |
22 |
Restaurants
(within 15 miles) |
869 |
2,268 |
Bars
(within 15 miles) |
102 |
127 |
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles) |
30 |
74 |
Libraries
(within 15 miles) |
18 |
43 |
Museums (accredited by AAM
within 30 miles) |
3 |
7 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
19 |
10 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual precipitation
(inches) |
7.40 |
36.00 |
| Clear days |
158 |
107 |
| High temp in July ° F |
90.2° |
87.7° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F |
21.9° |
23.5° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan
(% of residents) |
82.2% |
88.2% |
Body mass index
(avg. for residents) |
26 |
27 |
Cancer mortality
(per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
188.7 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality
(per 100,000) |
199.5 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median age |
34.4 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college
(% of residents) |
45.8% |
63.9% |
| Married |
50.3% |
54.3% |
| Divorced |
15.6% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$6,909 |
$7,549 |
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| Company |
Best Companies
2006 Rank |
| Station Casinos |
55 |
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| Company |
F500 rank |
| Harrah's Entertainment |
309 |
| MGM Mirage |
334 |
| Sierra Pacific Resources |
612 |
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| Company |
Employees |
| Mandalay Corp |
8,000 |
| Bellagio Llc |
7,500 |
| Desert Palace Inc |
7,500 |
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