Lone Tree vs Parker

A side-by-side comparison of Lone Tree and Parker: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parker has the higher population (60,115 vs 14,136 in Lone Tree). Parker has the higher median household income ($129,342 vs $125,699 in Lone Tree). Lone Tree has the higher median home value ($819,800 vs $613,200 in Parker).

Population, income & housing

	Lone Tree	Parker
Population	14,136	60,115
Median age	41.1 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,699	$129,342
Median home value	$819,800	$613,200
Median gross rent	$2,030	$1,973
Housing units	6,651	22,340
Homeownership rate	56.4%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.8%	53.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lone Tree	Parker
Population	12,923 → 14,136 (+9.4%)	54,352 → 60,115 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$120,392 → $125,699 (+4.4%)	$110,934 → $129,342 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$634,000 → $819,800 (+29.3%)	$420,000 → $613,200 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,724 → $2,030 (+17.7%)	$1,610 → $1,973 (+22.5%)

Lone Tree

Population

12,92314,136

Median household income

$120,392$125,699

Median home value

$634,000$819,800

Median gross rent

$1,724$2,030

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)

	Lone Tree	Parker
Under 5	4.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.1%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	17.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	16.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.8%
75 and over	8.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lone Tree	Parker
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	74.6%
Black or African American	4.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	12.3%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lone Tree	Parker
No high school diploma	1.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	7.7%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	38.9%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	30.9%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lone Tree	Parker
Drove alone	63.3%	66.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.5%
Public transit	1.8%	0.9%
Walked	2.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.1%	24.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lone Tree	Parker
1-unit, detached	41.2%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	13.8%
20 or more units	34.9%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lone Tree	Parker
Poverty rate	4.6%	3.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	2003	2003