Parksdale vs Parkwood

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

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

Parksdale has the higher population (2,980 vs 2,095 in Parkwood). Parkwood has the higher median household income ($78,194 vs $55,395 in Parksdale). Parksdale has the higher median home value ($259,600 vs $250,000 in Parkwood).

Population, income & housing

	Parksdale	Parkwood
Population	2,980	2,095
Median age	26.5 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,395	$78,194
Median home value	$259,600	$250,000
Median gross rent	$1,355	$1,522
Housing units	687	540
Homeownership rate	60.9%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	20.2%	20.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parksdale	Parkwood
Population	2,451 → 2,980 (+21.6%)	2,183 → 2,095 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$52,991 → $55,395 (+4.5%)	$49,158 → $78,194 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$218,500 → $259,600 (+18.8%)	$169,000 → $250,000 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $1,355 (+53.6%)	$1,180 → $1,522 (+29.0%)

Parksdale

Population

2,4512,980

Median household income

$52,991$55,395

Median home value

$218,500$259,600

Median gross rent

$882$1,355

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)

	Parksdale	Parkwood
Under 5	8.3%	12.0%
5 to 17	26.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	12.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	27.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	5.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	5.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.4%
75 and over	1.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parksdale	Parkwood
White (non-Hispanic)	1.7%	21.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	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	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	91.3%	78.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parksdale	Parkwood
No high school diploma	46.0%	32.0%
High school graduate	27.6%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parksdale	Parkwood
Drove alone	79.7%	87.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parksdale	Parkwood
1-unit, detached	69.3%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	7.4%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Parksdale	Parkwood
Poverty rate	23.4%	21.7%
Average household size	4.64	3.88
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1980	1980