Gargatha vs Parksley

A side-by-side comparison of Gargatha and Parksley: population, income, housing, and more.

Gargatha and Parksley are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parksley has the higher population (782 vs 584 in Gargatha). Parksley has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $78,487 in Gargatha). Gargatha has the higher median home value ($282,700 vs $160,400 in Parksley).

Population, income & housing

	Gargatha	Parksley
Population	584	782
Median age	49.8 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,487	$81,250
Median home value	$282,700	$160,400
Median gross rent	—	$988
Housing units	261	403
Homeownership rate	100.0%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gargatha	Parksley
Population	171 → 584 (+241.5%)	791 → 782 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$16,322 → $78,487 (+380.9%)	$52,841 → $81,250 (+53.8%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $282,700 (+48.8%)	$139,400 → $160,400 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$885 → $988 (+11.6%)

Gargatha

Population

171584

Median household income

$16,322$78,487

Median home value

$190,000$282,700

Parksley

Population

791782

Median household income

$52,841$81,250

Median home value

$139,400$160,400

Median gross rent

$885$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gargatha	Parksley
Under 5	4.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.7%	19.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	0.7%	8.4%
35 to 44	17.3%	15.9%
45 to 54	21.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	17.9%
65 to 74	19.5%	9.2%
75 and over	0.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gargatha	Parksley
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	43.9%
Black or African American	46.2%	40.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gargatha	Parksley
No high school diploma	2.3%	19.7%
High school graduate	51.5%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	7.7%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gargatha	Parksley
Drove alone	78.6%	88.0%
Carpooled	18.6%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gargatha	Parksley
1-unit, detached	78.2%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Gargatha	Parksley
Poverty rate	11.8%	5.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1999	1938