Parker City vs Winchester

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

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

Winchester has the higher population (4,912 vs 1,236 in Parker City). Winchester has the higher median household income ($60,833 vs $56,875 in Parker City). Winchester has the higher median home value ($97,000 vs $91,700 in Parker City).

Population, income & housing

	Parker City	Winchester
Population	1,236	4,912
Median age	37.4 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,875	$60,833
Median home value	$91,700	$97,000
Median gross rent	$796	$727
Housing units	513	2,292
Homeownership rate	71.7%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parker City	Winchester
Population	1,315 → 1,236 (-6.0%)	4,739 → 4,912 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $56,875 (+14.7%)	$45,310 → $60,833 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$71,600 → $91,700 (+28.1%)	$70,000 → $97,000 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $796 (+19.9%)	$754 → $727 (-3.6%)

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

Winchester

Population

4,7394,912

Median household income

$45,310$60,833

Median home value

$70,000$97,000

Median gross rent

$754$727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parker City	Winchester
Under 5	10.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	11.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	8.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.8%
75 and over	12.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parker City	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parker City	Winchester
No high school diploma	10.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	47.5%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parker City	Winchester
Drove alone	86.6%	72.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parker City	Winchester
1-unit, detached	82.5%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.2%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Parker City	Winchester
Poverty rate	20.0%	13.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	33	19
Median year structure built	1964	1960