Parkway vs Rio Linda

A side-by-side comparison of Parkway and Rio Linda: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rio Linda has the higher population (16,951 vs 15,880 in Parkway). Rio Linda has the higher median household income ($96,083 vs $64,380 in Parkway). Rio Linda has the higher median home value ($438,800 vs $355,400 in Parkway).

Population, income & housing

	Parkway	Rio Linda
Population	15,880	16,951
Median age	32.6 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,380	$96,083
Median home value	$355,400	$438,800
Median gross rent	$1,402	$1,781
Housing units	5,005	5,474
Homeownership rate	47.8%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkway	Rio Linda
Population	15,818 → 15,880 (+0.4%)	16,359 → 16,951 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$44,097 → $64,380 (+46.0%)	$70,825 → $96,083 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$233,900 → $355,400 (+51.9%)	$274,200 → $438,800 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,402 (+27.5%)	$1,305 → $1,781 (+36.5%)

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

Rio Linda

Population

16,35916,951

Median household income

$70,825$96,083

Median home value

$274,200$438,800

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parkway	Rio Linda
Under 5	5.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	23.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	5.2%	9.0%
75 and over	6.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkway	Rio Linda
White (non-Hispanic)	12.8%	61.0%
Black or African American	15.4%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	18.9%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	48.2%	25.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkway	Rio Linda
No high school diploma	27.5%	12.5%
High school graduate	28.5%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkway	Rio Linda
Drove alone	76.3%	80.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.6%
Public transit	1.3%	1.7%
Walked	2.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	11.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkway	Rio Linda
1-unit, detached	62.7%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	0.7%
20 or more units	14.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Parkway	Rio Linda
Poverty rate	19.3%	11.7%
Average household size	3.30	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1963	1971