Fort Bliss vs Sparks

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

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

Fort Bliss has the higher population (12,009 vs 4,936 in Sparks). Fort Bliss has the higher median household income ($55,267 vs $31,932 in Sparks). Since 2019, Sparks's population has grown faster (+20.3% vs +5.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Bliss	Sparks
Population	12,009	4,936
Median age	21.7 yrs	25.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,267	$31,932
Median home value	—	$101,800
Median gross rent	$1,624	$1,125
Housing units	2,508	1,329
Homeownership rate	0.0%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Bliss	Sparks
Population	11,427 → 12,009 (+5.1%)	4,104 → 4,936 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$54,707 → $55,267 (+1.0%)	$30,151 → $31,932 (+5.9%)
Median home value	—	$61,700 → $101,800 (+65.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,408 → $1,624 (+15.3%)	$691 → $1,125 (+62.8%)

Fort Bliss

Population

11,42712,009

Median household income

$54,707$55,267

Median gross rent

$1,408$1,624

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)

	Fort Bliss	Sparks
Under 5	13.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	32.1%
18 to 24	27.3%	11.4%
25 to 34	21.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	3.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	0.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	0.1%	3.0%
75 and over	0.0%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Bliss	Sparks
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	1.2%
Black or African American	17.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	98.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Bliss	Sparks
No high school diploma	3.3%	34.1%
High school graduate	17.3%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	49.0%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Bliss	Sparks
Drove alone	61.3%	88.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	20.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	3.9%
Other means	0.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Bliss	Sparks
1-unit, detached	29.9%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	46.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Bliss	Sparks
Poverty rate	15.1%	54.1%
Average household size	3.84	4.08
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	2006	1998