Berea vs Parker

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

Berea and Parker are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Berea has the higher population (16,642 vs 12,564 in Parker). Berea has the higher median household income ($48,104 vs $38,607 in Parker). Berea has the higher median home value ($187,200 vs $121,800 in Parker).

Population, income & housing

	Berea	Parker
Population	16,642	12,564
Median age	36.6 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,104	$38,607
Median home value	$187,200	$121,800
Median gross rent	$1,032	$1,066
Housing units	6,724	5,506
Homeownership rate	60.9%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berea	Parker
Population	14,652 → 16,642 (+13.6%)	12,227 → 12,564 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$37,125 → $48,104 (+29.6%)	$34,181 → $38,607 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$114,900 → $187,200 (+62.9%)	$81,400 → $121,800 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $1,032 (+33.3%)	$780 → $1,066 (+36.7%)

Berea

Population

14,65216,642

Median household income

$37,125$48,104

Median home value

$114,900$187,200

Median gross rent

$774$1,032

Parker

Population

12,22712,564

Median household income

$34,181$38,607

Median home value

$81,400$121,800

Median gross rent

$780$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berea	Parker
Under 5	8.4%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	18.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	6.0%
75 and over	6.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berea	Parker
White (non-Hispanic)	40.5%	36.2%
Black or African American	20.8%	21.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	32.6%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berea	Parker
No high school diploma	23.7%	29.4%
High school graduate	29.2%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berea	Parker
Drove alone	73.0%	67.5%
Carpooled	19.9%	11.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	15.8%
Other means	0.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berea	Parker
1-unit, detached	61.7%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	2.8%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Berea	Parker
Poverty rate	22.0%	29.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1979	1970