Bluewater vs Parker

A side-by-side comparison of Bluewater and Parker: population, income, housing, and more.

Bluewater and Parker are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parker has the higher population (3,379 vs 804 in Bluewater). Parker has the higher median household income ($74,643 vs $61,818 in Bluewater). Parker has the higher median home value ($253,300 vs $102,400 in Bluewater).

Population, income & housing

	Bluewater	Parker
Population	804	3,379
Median age	57.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,818	$74,643
Median home value	$102,400	$253,300
Median gross rent	$928	$992
Housing units	710	1,455
Homeownership rate	76.7%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluewater	Parker
Population	974 → 804 (-17.5%)	3,132 → 3,379 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$39,968 → $61,818 (+54.7%)	$57,188 → $74,643 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$52,900 → $102,400 (+93.6%)	$158,100 → $253,300 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $928 (+22.8%)	$858 → $992 (+15.6%)

Bluewater

Population

974804

Median household income

$39,968$61,818

Median home value

$52,900$102,400

Median gross rent

$756$928

Parker

Population

3,1323,379

Median household income

$57,188$74,643

Median home value

$158,100$253,300

Median gross rent

$858$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluewater	Parker
Under 5	4.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	9.8%	20.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	4.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	8.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.0%
75 and over	26.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluewater	Parker
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	30.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	16.9%
Asian	9.6%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	44.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluewater	Parker
No high school diploma	10.1%	13.3%
High school graduate	35.0%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluewater	Parker
Drove alone	66.4%	77.5%
Carpooled	32.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	1.1%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluewater	Parker
1-unit, detached	12.0%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	87.3%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Bluewater	Parker
Poverty rate	9.6%	10.7%
Average household size	1.91	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	8	11
Median year structure built	1979	1979