Parker Strip vs Salome

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

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

Parker Strip has the higher population (767 vs 731 in Salome). Parker Strip has the higher median home value ($199,500 vs $117,700 in Salome). Since 2019, Parker Strip's population has grown faster (-13.4% vs -47.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Parker Strip	Salome
Population	767	731
Median age	66.0 yrs	71.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,765	—
Median home value	$199,500	$117,700
Median gross rent	$896	—
Housing units	1,310	832
Homeownership rate	86.1%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parker Strip	Salome
Population	886 → 767 (-13.4%)	1,379 → 731 (-47.0%)
Median household income	$45,658 → $56,765 (+24.3%)	$32,946 → $79,745 (+142.0%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $199,500 (+47.3%)	$51,400 → $117,700 (+129.0%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $896 (+70.7%)	—

Parker Strip

Population

886767

Median household income

$45,658$56,765

Median home value

$135,400$199,500

Median gross rent

$525$896

Salome

Population

1,379731

Median household income

$32,946$79,745

Median home value

$51,400$117,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parker Strip	Salome
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.0%	1.2%
45 to 54	7.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	23.3%	50.1%
75 and over	27.2%	40.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parker Strip	Salome
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parker Strip	Salome
No high school diploma	19.8%	8.9%
High school graduate	21.9%	60.6%
Some college or associate's	46.2%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parker Strip	Salome
Drove alone	80.3%	96.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	3.5%
Other means	8.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parker Strip	Salome
1-unit, detached	19.5%	37.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	75.4%	62.3%

Poverty & households

	Parker Strip	Salome
Poverty rate	8.5%	2.1%
Average household size	1.75	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1991	1987