Gold River vs Parkway

A side-by-side comparison of Gold River and Parkway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parkway has the higher population (15,880 vs 7,661 in Gold River). Gold River has the higher median household income ($166,250 vs $64,380 in Parkway). Gold River has the higher median home value ($682,200 vs $355,400 in Parkway).

Population, income & housing

	Gold River	Parkway
Population	7,661	15,880
Median age	53.8 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$166,250	$64,380
Median home value	$682,200	$355,400
Median gross rent	$2,528	$1,402
Housing units	3,701	5,005
Homeownership rate	87.0%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold River	Parkway
Population	7,538 → 7,661 (+1.6%)	15,818 → 15,880 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$119,038 → $166,250 (+39.7%)	$44,097 → $64,380 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$499,300 → $682,200 (+36.6%)	$233,900 → $355,400 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,874 → $2,528 (+34.9%)	$1,100 → $1,402 (+27.5%)

Gold River

Population

7,5387,661

Median household income

$119,038$166,250

Median home value

$499,300$682,200

Median gross rent

$1,874$2,528

Parkway

Population

15,81815,880

Median household income

$44,097$64,380

Median home value

$233,900$355,400

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,402

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gold River	Parkway
Under 5	3.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	23.1%
18 to 24	2.7%	10.2%
25 to 34	6.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	22.2%	5.2%
75 and over	11.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold River	Parkway
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	12.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	14.4%	18.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	1.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	48.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold River	Parkway
No high school diploma	1.9%	27.5%
High school graduate	7.6%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	28.7%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold River	Parkway
Drove alone	61.4%	76.3%
Carpooled	3.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.7%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.3%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold River	Parkway
1-unit, detached	82.5%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	10.8%
20 or more units	4.4%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Gold River	Parkway
Poverty rate	2.0%	19.3%
Average household size	2.21	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1991	1963