Castle Rock vs Parker

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

Castle Rock and Parker are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Castle Rock has the higher population (76,614 vs 60,115 in Parker). Castle Rock has the higher median household income ($143,031 vs $129,342 in Parker). Castle Rock has the higher median home value ($621,700 vs $613,200 in Parker).

Population, income & housing

	Castle Rock	Parker
Population	76,614	60,115
Median age	35.8 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$143,031	$129,342
Median home value	$621,700	$613,200
Median gross rent	$1,946	$1,973
Housing units	27,824	22,340
Homeownership rate	78.8%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.9%	53.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castle Rock	Parker
Population	62,417 → 76,614 (+22.7%)	54,352 → 60,115 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$109,700 → $143,031 (+30.4%)	$110,934 → $129,342 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$422,100 → $621,700 (+47.3%)	$420,000 → $613,200 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,536 → $1,946 (+26.7%)	$1,610 → $1,973 (+22.5%)

Castle Rock

Population

62,41776,614

Median household income

$109,700$143,031

Median home value

$422,100$621,700

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,946

Parker

Population

54,35260,115

Median household income

$110,934$129,342

Median home value

$420,000$613,200

Median gross rent

$1,610$1,973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castle Rock	Parker
Under 5	7.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	16.0%	16.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	6.8%
75 and over	3.7%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castle Rock	Parker
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	74.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castle Rock	Parker
No high school diploma	2.6%	3.6%
High school graduate	13.7%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castle Rock	Parker
Drove alone	66.5%	66.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.9%
Walked	1.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.3%	24.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castle Rock	Parker
1-unit, detached	74.6%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	13.8%
20 or more units	7.7%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Castle Rock	Parker
Poverty rate	3.8%	3.2%
Average household size	2.82	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	2006	2003