Fountain Inn vs Parker

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

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

Parker has the higher population (12,564 vs 11,307 in Fountain Inn). Fountain Inn has the higher median household income ($72,021 vs $38,607 in Parker). Fountain Inn has the higher median home value ($255,400 vs $121,800 in Parker).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Inn	Parker
Population	11,307	12,564
Median age	33.9 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,021	$38,607
Median home value	$255,400	$121,800
Median gross rent	$1,072	$1,066
Housing units	4,658	5,506
Homeownership rate	70.8%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Inn	Parker
Population	9,301 → 11,307 (+21.6%)	12,227 → 12,564 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$67,886 → $72,021 (+6.1%)	$34,181 → $38,607 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $255,400 (+64.1%)	$81,400 → $121,800 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,072 (+26.6%)	$780 → $1,066 (+36.7%)

Fountain Inn

Population

9,30111,307

Median household income

$67,886$72,021

Median home value

$155,600$255,400

Median gross rent

$847$1,072

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)

	Fountain Inn	Parker
Under 5	8.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	16.4%	18.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	6.0%
75 and over	3.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Inn	Parker
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	36.2%
Black or African American	29.0%	21.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Inn	Parker
No high school diploma	10.4%	29.4%
High school graduate	32.3%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Inn	Parker
Drove alone	77.4%	67.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	15.8%
Other means	4.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Inn	Parker
1-unit, detached	69.3%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	6.9%
20 or more units	6.4%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Inn	Parker
Poverty rate	12.9%	29.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1997	1970