Ivan vs Sparkman

A side-by-side comparison of Ivan and Sparkman: population, income, housing, and more.

Ivan and Sparkman are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sparkman has the higher population (471 vs 94 in Ivan). Ivan has the higher median household income ($125,125 vs $37,222 in Sparkman). Since 2019, Sparkman's population has grown faster (+1.3% vs -29.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Ivan	Sparkman
Population	94	471
Median age	38.5 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,125	$37,222
Median home value	—	$61,300
Median gross rent	—	$515
Housing units	80	237
Homeownership rate	100.0%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ivan	Sparkman
Population	134 → 94 (-29.9%)	465 → 471 (+1.3%)
Median household income	—	$26,979 → $37,222 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$207,400 → $211,800 (+2.1%)	$19,800 → $61,300 (+209.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$702 → $515 (-26.6%)

Ivan

Population

13494

Median home value

$207,400$211,800

Sparkman

Population

465471

Median household income

$26,979$37,222

Median home value

$19,800$61,300

Median gross rent

$702$515

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ivan	Sparkman
Under 5	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	28.7%	8.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.7%
35 to 44	40.4%	25.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	24.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	16.1%
75 and over	9.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ivan	Sparkman
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	18.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ivan	Sparkman
No high school diploma	0.0%	32.6%
High school graduate	43.3%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ivan	Sparkman
Drove alone	100.0%	72.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ivan	Sparkman
1-unit, detached	66.3%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.8%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Ivan	Sparkman
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	2005	1973