Parkers Prairie vs Perham

A side-by-side comparison of Parkers Prairie and Perham: population, income, housing, and more.

Parkers Prairie and Perham are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Perham has the higher population (3,577 vs 1,089 in Parkers Prairie). Parkers Prairie has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $47,088 in Perham). Perham has the higher median home value ($186,000 vs $152,500 in Parkers Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Parkers Prairie	Perham
Population	1,089	3,577
Median age	46.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$47,088
Median home value	$152,500	$186,000
Median gross rent	$736	$813
Housing units	456	1,584
Homeownership rate	76.0%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkers Prairie	Perham
Population	1,086 → 1,089 (+0.3%)	3,432 → 3,577 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$55,357 → $58,750 (+6.1%)	$46,128 → $47,088 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$102,500 → $152,500 (+48.8%)	$145,000 → $186,000 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $736 (+15.4%)	$705 → $813 (+15.3%)

Parkers Prairie

Population

1,0861,089

Median household income

$55,357$58,750

Median home value

$102,500$152,500

Median gross rent

$638$736

Perham

Population

3,4323,577

Median household income

$46,128$47,088

Median home value

$145,000$186,000

Median gross rent

$705$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parkers Prairie	Perham
Under 5	5.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.3%
25 to 34	7.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.0%
55 to 64	8.7%	7.7%
65 to 74	15.7%	9.8%
75 and over	16.6%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkers Prairie	Perham
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	80.8%
Black or African American	2.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkers Prairie	Perham
No high school diploma	10.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	42.9%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkers Prairie	Perham
Drove alone	82.6%	74.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	3.0%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	6.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkers Prairie	Perham
1-unit, detached	78.1%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Parkers Prairie	Perham
Poverty rate	13.8%	19.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	12
Median year structure built	1966	1977