Fabens vs Sparks

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

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

Sparks has the higher population (4,936 vs 4,704 in Fabens). Fabens has the higher median household income ($42,524 vs $31,932 in Sparks). Sparks has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $88,900 in Fabens).

Population, income & housing

	Fabens	Sparks
Population	4,704	4,936
Median age	45.3 yrs	25.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,524	$31,932
Median home value	$88,900	$101,800
Median gross rent	$645	$1,125
Housing units	2,145	1,329
Homeownership rate	77.5%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fabens	Sparks
Population	5,736 → 4,704 (-18.0%)	4,104 → 4,936 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$28,397 → $42,524 (+49.7%)	$30,151 → $31,932 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$60,900 → $88,900 (+46.0%)	$61,700 → $101,800 (+65.0%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $645 (+19.9%)	$691 → $1,125 (+62.8%)

Fabens

Population

5,7364,704

Median household income

$28,397$42,524

Median home value

$60,900$88,900

Median gross rent

$538$645

Sparks

Population

4,1044,936

Median household income

$30,151$31,932

Median home value

$61,700$101,800

Median gross rent

$691$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fabens	Sparks
Under 5	3.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	32.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.4%
25 to 34	17.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	7.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	3.0%
75 and over	9.6%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fabens	Sparks
White (non-Hispanic)	1.7%	1.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	97.2%	98.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fabens	Sparks
No high school diploma	39.9%	34.1%
High school graduate	26.1%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fabens	Sparks
Drove alone	88.9%	88.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.8%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fabens	Sparks
1-unit, detached	61.1%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	24.9%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Fabens	Sparks
Poverty rate	22.9%	54.1%
Average household size	2.62	4.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1988	1998