It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Parker has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Parker has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Parker than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Parker may be for you.
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 percentage of adults in Parker with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 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.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Parker's cultural character, accounting for 16.80% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Parker is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
