Parkerfield vs Rock

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

Parkerfield and Rock 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 123 in Rock). Parkerfield has the higher median household income ($130,417 vs $76,786 in Rock). Since 2019, Parkerfield's population has grown faster (+40.1% vs +17.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Parkerfield	Rock
Population	545	123
Median age	44.9 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$130,417	$76,786
Median home value	$214,700	—
Housing units	185	42
Homeownership rate	98.9%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkerfield	Rock
Population	389 → 545 (+40.1%)	105 → 123 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $130,417 (+88.0%)	$59,500 → $76,786 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$158,000 → $214,700 (+35.9%)	$43,800 → $55,000 (+25.6%)

Parkerfield

Population

389545

Median household income

$69,375$130,417

Median home value

$158,000$214,700

Rock

Population

105123

Median household income

$59,500$76,786

Median home value

$43,800$55,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parkerfield	Rock
Under 5	2.9%	10.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	18.7%
18 to 24	12.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	6.8%	28.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	6.5%
65 to 74	17.4%	9.8%
75 and over	5.9%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkerfield	Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	23.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkerfield	Rock
No high school diploma	3.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	26.4%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkerfield	Rock
Drove alone	88.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkerfield	Rock
1-unit, detached	95.1%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Parkerfield	Rock
Poverty rate	2.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.95	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1984	1975