Sparks vs Tryon

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

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

Tryon has the higher population (510 vs 149 in Sparks). Tryon has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $48,125 in Sparks). Tryon has the higher median home value ($105,900 vs $57,300 in Sparks).

Population, income & housing

	Sparks	Tryon
Population	149	510
Median age	30.6 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,125	$52,500
Median home value	$57,300	$105,900
Median gross rent	$650	$532
Housing units	60	218
Homeownership rate	89.1%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sparks	Tryon
Population	158 → 149 (-5.7%)	686 → 510 (-25.7%)
Median household income	$31,750 → $48,125 (+51.6%)	$48,438 → $52,500 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$48,300 → $57,300 (+18.6%)	$74,300 → $105,900 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $650 (+10.5%)	$619 → $532 (-14.1%)

Sparks

Population

158149

Median household income

$31,750$48,125

Median home value

$48,300$57,300

Median gross rent

$588$650

Tryon

Population

686510

Median household income

$48,438$52,500

Median home value

$74,300$105,900

Median gross rent

$619$532

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sparks	Tryon
Under 5	7.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	27.5%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	16.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	6.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.2%
75 and over	4.7%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sparks	Tryon
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.4%	5.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sparks	Tryon
No high school diploma	29.8%	16.1%
High school graduate	45.2%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sparks	Tryon
Drove alone	63.8%	60.6%
Carpooled	25.9%	22.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.6%
Other means	10.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sparks	Tryon
1-unit, detached	63.3%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.7%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Sparks	Tryon
Poverty rate	19.5%	20.2%
Average household size	2.71	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1978	1972