Ahwahnee vs Parkwood

A side-by-side comparison of Ahwahnee and Parkwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Ahwahnee and Parkwood are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parkwood has the higher population (2,095 vs 1,532 in Ahwahnee). Parkwood has the higher median household income ($78,194 vs $65,980 in Ahwahnee). Ahwahnee has the higher median home value ($448,000 vs $250,000 in Parkwood).

Population, income & housing

	Ahwahnee	Parkwood
Population	1,532	2,095
Median age	66.3 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,980	$78,194
Median home value	$448,000	$250,000
Median gross rent	$1,617	$1,522
Housing units	835	540
Homeownership rate	76.6%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	12.4%	20.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ahwahnee	Parkwood
Population	2,513 → 1,532 (-39.0%)	2,183 → 2,095 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$71,336 → $65,980 (-7.5%)	$49,158 → $78,194 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$312,300 → $448,000 (+43.5%)	$169,000 → $250,000 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $1,617 (+106.0%)	$1,180 → $1,522 (+29.0%)

Ahwahnee

Population

2,5131,532

Median household income

$71,336$65,980

Median home value

$312,300$448,000

Median gross rent

$785$1,617

Parkwood

Population

2,1832,095

Median household income

$49,158$78,194

Median home value

$169,000$250,000

Median gross rent

$1,180$1,522

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ahwahnee	Parkwood
Under 5	1.9%	12.0%
5 to 17	7.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	2.7%	27.9%
35 to 44	8.9%	5.8%
45 to 54	2.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	34.8%	8.4%
75 and over	21.9%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ahwahnee	Parkwood
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	21.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	78.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ahwahnee	Parkwood
No high school diploma	7.4%	32.0%
High school graduate	23.7%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ahwahnee	Parkwood
Drove alone	54.0%	87.5%
Carpooled	11.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	0.0%
Other means	8.2%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ahwahnee	Parkwood
1-unit, detached	88.5%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ahwahnee	Parkwood
Poverty rate	12.3%	21.7%
Average household size	2.18	3.88
Mean commute (minutes)	13	23
Median year structure built	1981	1980