Cienega Springs vs Parker

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

Cienega Springs 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 1,640 in Cienega Springs). Parker has the higher median household income ($74,643 vs $45,871 in Cienega Springs). Parker has the higher median home value ($253,300 vs $177,300 in Cienega Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Cienega Springs	Parker
Population	1,640	3,379
Median age	60.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,871	$74,643
Median home value	$177,300	$253,300
Median gross rent	$912	$992
Housing units	2,134	1,455
Homeownership rate	67.7%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cienega Springs	Parker
Population	1,830 → 1,640 (-10.4%)	3,132 → 3,379 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$36,484 → $45,871 (+25.7%)	$57,188 → $74,643 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $177,300 (+44.9%)	$158,100 → $253,300 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $912 (+14.4%)	$858 → $992 (+15.6%)

Cienega Springs

Population

1,8301,640

Median household income

$36,484$45,871

Median home value

$122,400$177,300

Median gross rent

$797$912

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)

	Cienega Springs	Parker
Under 5	0.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	11.3%	20.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	5.7%	15.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	5.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	22.7%	8.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	9.0%
75 and over	23.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cienega Springs	Parker
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	30.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	16.9%
Asian	0.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	44.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cienega Springs	Parker
No high school diploma	17.0%	13.3%
High school graduate	30.8%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cienega Springs	Parker
Drove alone	77.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	13.3%	9.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.5%	11.0%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cienega Springs	Parker
1-unit, detached	42.3%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	51.3%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Cienega Springs	Parker
Poverty rate	21.7%	10.7%
Average household size	1.56	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	17	11
Median year structure built	1979	1979