Bangor Base vs Parkwood

A side-by-side comparison of Bangor Base and Parkwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Bangor Base and Parkwood are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parkwood has the higher population (6,976 vs 5,931 in Bangor Base). Parkwood has the higher median household income ($92,188 vs $84,485 in Bangor Base). Since 2019, Parkwood's population has grown faster (-1.9% vs -8.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bangor Base	Parkwood
Population	5,931	6,976
Median age	22.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,485	$92,188
Median home value	—	$418,100
Median gross rent	$2,314	$1,746
Housing units	1,161	2,931
Homeownership rate	1.0%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bangor Base	Parkwood
Population	6,506 → 5,931 (-8.8%)	7,113 → 6,976 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$57,134 → $84,485 (+47.9%)	$60,051 → $92,188 (+53.5%)
Median home value	—	$266,900 → $418,100 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,656 → $2,314 (+39.7%)	$1,154 → $1,746 (+51.3%)

Bangor Base

Population

6,5065,931

Median household income

$57,134$84,485

Median gross rent

$1,656$2,314

Parkwood

Population

7,1136,976

Median household income

$60,051$92,188

Median home value

$266,900$418,100

Median gross rent

$1,154$1,746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bangor Base	Parkwood
Under 5	10.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	37.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	23.2%	16.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	17.4%
45 to 54	2.6%	8.3%
55 to 64	0.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.6%
75 and over	0.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bangor Base	Parkwood
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	69.8%
Black or African American	9.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.6%
Asian	2.5%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	1.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	11.2%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bangor Base	Parkwood
No high school diploma	2.7%	7.5%
High school graduate	17.2%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	55.4%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bangor Base	Parkwood
Drove alone	40.0%	75.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	13.9%
Public transit	7.5%	1.5%
Walked	34.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.6%
Other means	1.8%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bangor Base	Parkwood
1-unit, detached	11.9%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	47.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	34.5%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bangor Base	Parkwood
Poverty rate	2.7%	4.4%
Average household size	3.41	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1979	1979