Dexter vs Parkerfield

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

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

Parkerfield has the higher population (545 vs 508 in Dexter). Parkerfield has the higher median household income ($130,417 vs $49,737 in Dexter). Parkerfield has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $79,000 in Dexter).

Population, income & housing

	Dexter	Parkerfield
Population	508	545
Median age	18.8 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,737	$130,417
Median home value	$79,000	$214,700
Median gross rent	$538	—
Housing units	179	185
Homeownership rate	90.5%	98.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dexter	Parkerfield
Population	275 → 508 (+84.7%)	389 → 545 (+40.1%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $49,737 (-3.0%)	$69,375 → $130,417 (+88.0%)
Median home value	$42,200 → $79,000 (+87.2%)	$158,000 → $214,700 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $538 (-2.2%)	—

Dexter

Population

275508

Median household income

$51,250$49,737

Median home value

$42,200$79,000

Median gross rent

$550$538

Parkerfield

Population

389545

Median household income

$69,375$130,417

Median home value

$158,000$214,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dexter	Parkerfield
Under 5	17.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	24.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	12.5%
25 to 34	3.5%	6.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	5.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	9.8%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	17.4%
75 and over	1.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dexter	Parkerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	66.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	23.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dexter	Parkerfield
No high school diploma	6.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	25.8%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	55.4%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dexter	Parkerfield
Drove alone	69.8%	88.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	6.2%
Other means	18.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dexter	Parkerfield
1-unit, detached	52.5%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.5%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Dexter	Parkerfield
Poverty rate	6.2%	2.4%
Average household size	3.22	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1982	1984