Bluewater vs Parker Strip

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

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

Bluewater has the higher population (804 vs 767 in Parker Strip). Bluewater has the higher median household income ($61,818 vs $56,765 in Parker Strip). Parker Strip has the higher median home value ($199,500 vs $102,400 in Bluewater).

Population, income & housing

	Bluewater	Parker Strip
Population	804	767
Median age	57.4 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,818	$56,765
Median home value	$102,400	$199,500
Median gross rent	$928	$896
Housing units	710	1,310
Homeownership rate	76.7%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluewater	Parker Strip
Population	974 → 804 (-17.5%)	886 → 767 (-13.4%)
Median household income	$39,968 → $61,818 (+54.7%)	$45,658 → $56,765 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$52,900 → $102,400 (+93.6%)	$135,400 → $199,500 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $928 (+22.8%)	$525 → $896 (+70.7%)

Bluewater

Population

974804

Median household income

$39,968$61,818

Median home value

$52,900$102,400

Median gross rent

$756$928

Parker Strip

Population

886767

Median household income

$45,658$56,765

Median home value

$135,400$199,500

Median gross rent

$525$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluewater	Parker Strip
Under 5	4.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	9.8%	10.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	0.4%
25 to 34	15.3%	5.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	5.0%
45 to 54	4.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	23.3%
75 and over	26.4%	27.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluewater	Parker Strip
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	9.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluewater	Parker Strip
No high school diploma	10.1%	19.8%
High school graduate	35.0%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluewater	Parker Strip
Drove alone	66.4%	80.3%
Carpooled	32.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	8.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluewater	Parker Strip
1-unit, detached	12.0%	19.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	87.3%	75.4%

Poverty & households

	Bluewater	Parker Strip
Poverty rate	9.6%	8.5%
Average household size	1.91	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	8	29
Median year structure built	1979	1991