Parker vs Quartzsite

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

Parker and Quartzsite 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 1,805 in Quartzsite). Parker has the higher median household income ($74,643 vs $24,359 in Quartzsite). Parker has the higher median home value ($253,300 vs $72,800 in Quartzsite).

Population, income & housing

	Parker	Quartzsite
Population	3,379	1,805
Median age	35.5 yrs	71.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,643	$24,359
Median home value	$253,300	$72,800
Median gross rent	$992	$682
Housing units	1,455	2,004
Homeownership rate	59.4%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	55.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parker	Quartzsite
Population	3,132 → 3,379 (+7.9%)	3,714 → 1,805 (-51.4%)
Median household income	$57,188 → $74,643 (+30.5%)	$20,979 → $24,359 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $253,300 (+60.2%)	$50,800 → $72,800 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $992 (+15.6%)	$510 → $682 (+33.7%)

Parker

Population

3,1323,379

Median household income

$57,188$74,643

Median home value

$158,100$253,300

Median gross rent

$858$992

Quartzsite

Population

3,7141,805

Median household income

$20,979$24,359

Median home value

$50,800$72,800

Median gross rent

$510$682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parker	Quartzsite
Under 5	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	0.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	1.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	17.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	26.6%
75 and over	6.1%	37.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parker	Quartzsite
White (non-Hispanic)	30.6%	70.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.9%	2.4%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	44.8%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parker	Quartzsite
No high school diploma	13.3%	32.8%
High school graduate	30.1%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parker	Quartzsite
Drove alone	77.5%	62.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	35.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parker	Quartzsite
1-unit, detached	78.5%	17.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	75.7%

Poverty & households

	Parker	Quartzsite
Poverty rate	10.7%	26.5%
Average household size	2.39	1.41
Mean commute (minutes)	11	4
Median year structure built	1979	1989