Arkansas City vs Parkerfield

A side-by-side comparison of Arkansas City and Parkerfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Arkansas City and Parkerfield are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arkansas City has the higher population (11,909 vs 545 in Parkerfield). Parkerfield has the higher median household income ($130,417 vs $53,475 in Arkansas City). Parkerfield has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $81,700 in Arkansas City).

Population, income & housing

	Arkansas City	Parkerfield
Population	11,909	545
Median age	35.5 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,475	$130,417
Median home value	$81,700	$214,700
Median gross rent	$762	—
Housing units	5,537	185
Homeownership rate	63.3%	98.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkansas City	Parkerfield
Population	11,868 → 11,909 (+0.3%)	389 → 545 (+40.1%)
Median household income	$42,576 → $53,475 (+25.6%)	$69,375 → $130,417 (+88.0%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $81,700 (+27.5%)	$158,000 → $214,700 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $762 (+14.1%)	—

Arkansas City

Population

11,86811,909

Median household income

$42,576$53,475

Median home value

$64,100$81,700

Median gross rent

$668$762

Parkerfield

Population

389545

Median household income

$69,375$130,417

Median home value

$158,000$214,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkansas City	Parkerfield
Under 5	6.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	18.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	11.1%	12.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	6.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	17.4%
75 and over	6.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkansas City	Parkerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	66.8%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	1.3%
Asian	0.6%	23.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkansas City	Parkerfield
No high school diploma	10.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkansas City	Parkerfield
Drove alone	77.8%	88.9%
Carpooled	16.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	6.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkansas City	Parkerfield
1-unit, detached	71.5%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Arkansas City	Parkerfield
Poverty rate	16.9%	2.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1955	1984