Darden vs Parker's Crossroads

A side-by-side comparison of Darden and Parker's Crossroads: population, income, housing, and more.

Darden and Parker's Crossroads are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Darden has the higher population (612 vs 578 in Parker's Crossroads). Since 2019, Darden's population has grown faster (+170.8% vs +141.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Darden	Parker's Crossroads
Population	612	578
Median age	36.9 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,313
Median home value	—	$178,800
Median gross rent	—	$686
Housing units	226	265
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	15.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darden	Parker's Crossroads
Population	226 → 612 (+170.8%)	239 → 578 (+141.8%)
Median household income	$33,182 → $95,288 (+187.2%)	$34,625 → $70,313 (+103.1%)
Median home value	$112,200 → $131,800 (+17.5%)	$85,000 → $178,800 (+110.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$592 → $686 (+15.9%)

Darden

Population

226612

Median household income

$33,182$95,288

Median home value

$112,200$131,800

Parker's Crossroads

Population

239578

Median household income

$34,625$70,313

Median home value

$85,000$178,800

Median gross rent

$592$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darden	Parker's Crossroads
Under 5	2.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	7.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	14.4%
25 to 34	8.8%	5.4%
35 to 44	22.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	8.7%
65 to 74	20.1%	14.7%
75 and over	0.0%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darden	Parker's Crossroads
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	53.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	42.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darden	Parker's Crossroads
No high school diploma	10.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	61.6%	72.6%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	14.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darden	Parker's Crossroads
Drove alone	80.6%	85.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darden	Parker's Crossroads
1-unit, detached	63.3%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.7%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Darden	Parker's Crossroads
Poverty rate	5.7%	4.4%
Average household size	3.44	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	2000	1993