Parkland vs South Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Parkland and South Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Parkland and South Hill are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Hill has the higher population (68,161 vs 39,174 in Parkland). South Hill has the higher median household income ($109,235 vs $71,829 in Parkland). South Hill has the higher median home value ($493,800 vs $382,700 in Parkland).

Population, income & housing

	Parkland	South Hill
Population	39,174	68,161
Median age	33.8 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,829	$109,235
Median home value	$382,700	$493,800
Median gross rent	$1,593	$1,916
Housing units	15,034	23,398
Homeownership rate	53.5%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkland	South Hill
Population	37,303 → 39,174 (+5.0%)	60,172 → 68,161 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$55,346 → $71,829 (+29.8%)	$86,568 → $109,235 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$223,400 → $382,700 (+71.3%)	$303,100 → $493,800 (+62.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,593 (+44.0%)	$1,536 → $1,916 (+24.7%)

Parkland

Population

37,30339,174

Median household income

$55,346$71,829

Median home value

$223,400$382,700

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,593

South Hill

Population

60,17268,161

Median household income

$86,568$109,235

Median home value

$303,100$493,800

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parkland	South Hill
Under 5	6.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	22.2%
18 to 24	12.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	17.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.3%
75 and over	5.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkland	South Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	61.9%
Black or African American	12.8%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.3%
Asian	8.3%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.1%	0.7%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	11.4%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkland	South Hill
No high school diploma	9.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	37.2%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkland	South Hill
Drove alone	76.2%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	7.5%
Public transit	2.0%	1.6%
Walked	4.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.0%	13.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkland	South Hill
1-unit, detached	54.5%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	6.0%
20 or more units	9.5%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Parkland	South Hill
Poverty rate	12.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.67	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1980	1997