City safety & data profile

ParkerSC

Parker, SC is a 11K-resident city in Greenville County with a median household income of $40,043.

Greenville County, South Carolina. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Parker, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Parker has a population larger than 9% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $150,400.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 10%
By size
$40,043
Median income (place)
$150,400
Median home (place)
29.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Parker

Parker posts a median household income higher than 2% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 3%
by median income, US cities

Where Parker income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$40,043 Bottom 2% higher than 2% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Parker $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in SC

Population among 50 SC places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbia is the largest SC city on this list; Five Forks leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in SC

Median household income among the same 50-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Five Forks posts the highest place-level median income in SC; Columbia is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Parker, SC beyond the headline numbers

Parker sits inside Greenville County, South Carolina, at roughly 34.85°N, -82.45°W. Population 11,431, $40,043 median household income. Median home value $150,400, median rent $1,099. Poverty rate 29.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

29.6% of Parker, SC residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Parker costs roughly 3.8 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

15.3% of Parker workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 26.5% in Parker, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Parker workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Parker's median age is 31.9 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Parker from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
11,431
Parker · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$40,043
-55% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$150,400
-64% vs avg
Median Age (place)
31.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Greenville County): Parker's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
548K+19%
Median Income
$76,932+57%
Median Home Value
$299,000+95%
Poverty Rate
10.8%-32%
Unemployment
4.4%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Parker, SC
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,099/mo
Poverty Rate
29.6% +139% vs avg
Unemployment 7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 15.9%
Work From Home 15.3%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 35.5%
African American 23.5%
Asian 0.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
41.7%
High Blood Pressure
39.9%
Short Sleep Duration
39.7%
Physical Inactivity
38.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
26.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.1%
Current Smoking
20.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
19.1%
Diabetes
17.4%
Binge Drinking
14.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 45%
Annual Checkup 75.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.8%
Stroke
4.8%

What alerts and safety updates affect Parker?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Parker right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet SC-PARKER-SC · Parker

Parker: 4 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 4 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Las Vegas

Tagged alert mix: Parker

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 4 tagged notices on record for Parker.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Las Vegas, NV (4 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Parker; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse South Carolina state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (4 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Las Vegas, NV 4 alerts Kansas City, MO 4 alerts Salisbury, NC 4 alerts Woodstock, GA 4 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Parker, SC? ▼
Parker, SC has a population of 11,431 people, located in Greenville County, South Carolina.
What is the median household income in Parker? ▼
The median household income in Parker, SC is $40,043 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 29.6%.
What is the median home value in Parker? ▼
The median home value in Parker, SC is $150,400. Median rent is $1,099/month.
What are the top health concerns in Parker? ▼
The top health indicators in Parker include Obesity (41.7%), High Blood Pressure (39.9%), Short Sleep Duration (39.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Parker? ▼
The median age in Parker, SC is 31.9 years. 15.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Parker, both outside South Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside SC (29.6% here).

Marion, IN 29.6% Pittsburg, KS 29.6% San Benito, TX 29.7% Opa-locka, FL 29.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside SC ($40,043 here).

Greenville, MS $40,083 Henderson, NC $39,969 Detroit, MI $39,938 Darby, PA $39,863

Compare Parker with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Berea, SC 14K Gantt, SC 14K Greenville, SC 65K Wade Hampton, SC 21K Easley, SC 21K Mauldin, SC 25K Taylors, SC 22K Five Forks, SC 14K
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Using Parker's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Parker area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Parker against South Carolina peers on any ranking lens. Explore South Carolina

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Greenville County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.