Mexico Beach vs Parker

A side-by-side comparison of Mexico Beach and Parker: population, income, housing, and more.

Mexico Beach and Parker are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parker has the higher population (4,358 vs 1,033 in Mexico Beach). Parker has the higher median household income ($68,043 vs $64,013 in Mexico Beach). Mexico Beach has the higher median home value ($399,300 vs $193,500 in Parker).

Population, income & housing

	Mexico Beach	Parker
Population	1,033	4,358
Median age	59.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,013	$68,043
Median home value	$399,300	$193,500
Median gross rent	$1,898	$1,208
Housing units	1,291	2,249
Homeownership rate	79.4%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mexico Beach	Parker
Population	1,386 → 1,033 (-25.5%)	4,545 → 4,358 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$68,100 → $64,013 (-6.0%)	$53,664 → $68,043 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$256,900 → $399,300 (+55.4%)	$141,100 → $193,500 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,898 (+44.6%)	$1,012 → $1,208 (+19.4%)

Mexico Beach

Population

1,3861,033

Median household income

$68,100$64,013

Median home value

$256,900$399,300

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,898

Parker

Population

4,5454,358

Median household income

$53,664$68,043

Median home value

$141,100$193,500

Median gross rent

$1,012$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mexico Beach	Parker
Under 5	3.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	6.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	1.5%	4.4%
25 to 34	4.0%	19.2%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	18.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	20.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	24.5%	10.9%
75 and over	12.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mexico Beach	Parker
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	75.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mexico Beach	Parker
No high school diploma	4.1%	16.6%
High school graduate	22.1%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mexico Beach	Parker
Drove alone	71.6%	54.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	27.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	17.9%	7.1%
Other means	0.9%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mexico Beach	Parker
1-unit, detached	58.4%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	5.3%
20 or more units	11.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Mexico Beach	Parker
Poverty rate	4.7%	2.8%
Average household size	1.82	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	2003	1984