Parker vs Rural Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Parker and Rural Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Parker and Rural Valley are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rural Valley has the higher population (929 vs 642 in Parker). Rural Valley has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $47,708 in Parker). Rural Valley has the higher median home value ($135,000 vs $97,900 in Parker).

Population, income & housing

	Parker	Rural Valley
Population	642	929
Median age	47.7 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,708	$70,625
Median home value	$97,900	$135,000
Median gross rent	$596	$1,046
Housing units	316	417
Homeownership rate	68.3%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parker	Rural Valley
Population	648 → 642 (-0.9%)	923 → 929 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $47,708 (+12.3%)	$51,042 → $70,625 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$90,400 → $97,900 (+8.3%)	$96,600 → $135,000 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $596 (+0.8%)	$670 → $1,046 (+56.1%)

Parker

Population

648642

Median household income

$42,500$47,708

Median home value

$90,400$97,900

Median gross rent

$591$596

Rural Valley

Population

923929

Median household income

$51,042$70,625

Median home value

$96,600$135,000

Median gross rent

$670$1,046

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parker	Rural Valley
Under 5	3.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	19.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	7.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	25.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.9%
75 and over	19.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parker	Rural Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	96.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parker	Rural Valley
No high school diploma	10.2%	5.5%
High school graduate	56.6%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parker	Rural Valley
Drove alone	66.1%	83.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.8%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parker	Rural Valley
1-unit, detached	63.9%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	3.1%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Parker	Rural Valley
Poverty rate	26.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.20	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1950	1959