Parker vs Pretty Bayou

A side-by-side comparison of Parker and Pretty Bayou: population, income, housing, and more.

Parker and Pretty Bayou 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 2,405 in Pretty Bayou). Pretty Bayou has the higher median household income ($83,250 vs $68,043 in Parker). Pretty Bayou has the higher median home value ($279,300 vs $193,500 in Parker).

Population, income & housing

	Parker	Pretty Bayou
Population	4,358	2,405
Median age	38.5 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,043	$83,250
Median home value	$193,500	$279,300
Median gross rent	$1,208	$1,169
Housing units	2,249	1,310
Homeownership rate	60.3%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parker	Pretty Bayou
Population	4,545 → 4,358 (-4.1%)	3,293 → 2,405 (-27.0%)
Median household income	$53,664 → $68,043 (+26.8%)	$78,833 → $83,250 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$141,100 → $193,500 (+37.1%)	$254,400 → $279,300 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,208 (+19.4%)	$824 → $1,169 (+41.9%)

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

Pretty Bayou

Population

3,2932,405

Median household income

$78,833$83,250

Median home value

$254,400$279,300

Median gross rent

$824$1,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parker	Pretty Bayou
Under 5	5.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	11.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	2.7%
25 to 34	19.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.3%
75 and over	7.7%	23.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parker	Pretty Bayou
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	95.2%
Black or African American	14.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parker	Pretty Bayou
No high school diploma	16.6%	1.4%
High school graduate	32.6%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parker	Pretty Bayou
Drove alone	54.3%	87.8%
Carpooled	27.9%	3.3%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	8.6%
Other means	5.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parker	Pretty Bayou
1-unit, detached	50.0%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Parker	Pretty Bayou
Poverty rate	2.8%	5.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1984	1977