The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Parker has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Parker a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Parker spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.41 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small town, Parker does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Parker rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.68% of adults 25 and older in Parker have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Parker in 2018 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.
In addition, Parker has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.80%).
The most common language spoken in Parker is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
