Parker City vs Saratoga

A side-by-side comparison of Parker City and Saratoga: population, income, housing, and more.

Parker City and Saratoga are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parker City has the higher population (1,236 vs 293 in Saratoga). Saratoga has the higher median household income ($61,364 vs $56,875 in Parker City). Parker City has the higher median home value ($91,700 vs $60,400 in Saratoga).

Population, income & housing

	Parker City	Saratoga
Population	1,236	293
Median age	37.4 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,875	$61,364
Median home value	$91,700	$60,400
Median gross rent	$796	$684
Housing units	513	131
Homeownership rate	71.7%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parker City	Saratoga
Population	1,315 → 1,236 (-6.0%)	288 → 293 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $56,875 (+14.7%)	$39,583 → $61,364 (+55.0%)
Median home value	$71,600 → $91,700 (+28.1%)	$47,000 → $60,400 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $796 (+19.9%)	$645 → $684 (+6.0%)

Parker City

Population

1,3151,236

Median household income

$49,583$56,875

Median home value

$71,600$91,700

Median gross rent

$664$796

Saratoga

Population

288293

Median household income

$39,583$61,364

Median home value

$47,000$60,400

Median gross rent

$645$684

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parker City	Saratoga
Under 5	10.3%	17.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	16.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	4.4%
45 to 54	9.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	8.4%	6.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.2%
75 and over	12.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parker City	Saratoga
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parker City	Saratoga
No high school diploma	10.8%	15.4%
High school graduate	47.5%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parker City	Saratoga
Drove alone	86.6%	78.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	21.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parker City	Saratoga
1-unit, detached	82.5%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Parker City	Saratoga
Poverty rate	20.0%	9.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	33	16
Median year structure built	1964	1938