Parker vs Travelers Rest

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

Parker and Travelers Rest 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 8,137 in Travelers Rest). Travelers Rest has the higher median household income ($49,655 vs $38,607 in Parker). Travelers Rest has the higher median home value ($281,400 vs $121,800 in Parker).

Population, income & housing

	Parker	Travelers Rest
Population	12,564	8,137
Median age	31.8 yrs	21.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,607	$49,655
Median home value	$121,800	$281,400
Median gross rent	$1,066	$1,029
Housing units	5,506	2,727
Homeownership rate	41.0%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parker	Travelers Rest
Population	12,227 → 12,564 (+2.8%)	5,152 → 8,137 (+57.9%)
Median household income	$34,181 → $38,607 (+12.9%)	$50,030 → $49,655 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $121,800 (+49.6%)	$189,000 → $281,400 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,066 (+36.7%)	$692 → $1,029 (+48.7%)

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

Travelers Rest

Population

5,1528,137

Median household income

$50,030$49,655

Median home value

$189,000$281,400

Median gross rent

$692$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parker	Travelers Rest
Under 5	8.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	34.6%
25 to 34	18.9%	6.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	7.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	5.9%
65 to 74	6.0%	8.5%
75 and over	3.9%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parker	Travelers Rest
White (non-Hispanic)	36.2%	74.7%
Black or African American	21.4%	15.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	10.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parker	Travelers Rest
No high school diploma	29.4%	10.5%
High school graduate	34.9%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parker	Travelers Rest
Drove alone	67.5%	61.8%
Carpooled	11.6%	11.9%
Public transit	0.2%	1.6%
Walked	1.4%	11.9%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	15.8%	10.8%
Other means	2.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parker	Travelers Rest
1-unit, detached	65.3%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	9.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	18.9%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Parker	Travelers Rest
Poverty rate	29.2%	22.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1970	1992