Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Parker is worth considering.
One of the benefits of Parker is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.41 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small town, Parker does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Parker are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.68% of adults in Parker have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Parker in 2022 was $31,607, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,428 for a family of four. However, Parker contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Parker is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Parker home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Parker, accounting for 50.67% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Parker residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Parker include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.
Parker also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.80%.
The most common language spoken in Parker is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
