Island Park vs Parker

A side-by-side comparison of Island Park and Parker: population, income, housing, and more.

Island Park and Parker are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parker has the higher population (643 vs 169 in Island Park). Island Park has the higher median household income ($74,750 vs $72,188 in Parker). Island Park has the higher median home value ($284,500 vs $249,500 in Parker).

Population, income & housing

	Island Park	Parker
Population	169	643
Median age	67.0 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,750	$72,188
Median home value	$284,500	$249,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,135
Housing units	527	187
Homeownership rate	92.8%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Island Park	Parker
Population	185 → 169 (-8.6%)	243 → 643 (+164.6%)
Median household income	$31,389 → $74,750 (+138.1%)	$50,568 → $72,188 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$330,000 → $284,500 (-13.8%)	$158,800 → $249,500 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,083 → $1,135 (+4.8%)

Island Park

Population

185169

Median household income

$31,389$74,750

Median home value

$330,000$284,500

Parker

Population

243643

Median household income

$50,568$72,188

Median home value

$158,800$249,500

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Island Park	Parker
Under 5	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	7.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	5.3%	22.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	44.4%	4.8%
75 and over	10.1%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Island Park	Parker
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Island Park	Parker
No high school diploma	4.5%	10.8%
High school graduate	26.8%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Island Park	Parker
Drove alone	76.1%	71.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	22.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Island Park	Parker
1-unit, detached	84.1%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Island Park	Parker
Poverty rate	6.5%	14.2%
Average household size	2.04	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	50
Median year structure built	1982	1955