Carney vs Sparks

A side-by-side comparison of Carney and Sparks: population, income, housing, and more.

Carney and Sparks are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carney has the higher population (512 vs 149 in Sparks). Carney has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $48,125 in Sparks). Carney has the higher median home value ($94,700 vs $57,300 in Sparks).

Population, income & housing

	Carney	Sparks
Population	512	149
Median age	33.2 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,333	$48,125
Median home value	$94,700	$57,300
Median gross rent	$847	$650
Housing units	266	60
Homeownership rate	74.8%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carney	Sparks
Population	643 → 512 (-20.4%)	158 → 149 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$40,391 → $53,333 (+32.0%)	$31,750 → $48,125 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $94,700 (+18.8%)	$48,300 → $57,300 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $847 (+12.3%)	$588 → $650 (+10.5%)

Carney

Population

643512

Median household income

$40,391$53,333

Median home value

$79,700$94,700

Median gross rent

$754$847

Sparks

Population

158149

Median household income

$31,750$48,125

Median home value

$48,300$57,300

Median gross rent

$588$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carney	Sparks
Under 5	14.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	27.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	16.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	6.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	6.7%
75 and over	6.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carney	Sparks
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.4%	7.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carney	Sparks
No high school diploma	5.6%	29.8%
High school graduate	56.3%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carney	Sparks
Drove alone	84.7%	63.8%
Carpooled	0.9%	25.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	10.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carney	Sparks
1-unit, detached	71.1%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.4%	36.7%

Poverty & households

	Carney	Sparks
Poverty rate	16.2%	19.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1981	1978