Population: 34,527
Elevation: 5868 feet
County: Douglas
Land area: 14.6 square miles
Zip codes: 80134, 80138. Median resident age: 30.7 years Median household income: $74,116 Median house value: $194,600
Races in Parker:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.5%)
- Hispanic (5.8%)
- Two or more races (2.3%)
- Other race (1.9%)
- Black (1.0%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (29.2%), Irish (16.5%), English (11.3%), Italian (7.8%), United States (7.2%), Swedish (4.3%).
For population 25 years and over in Parker
- High school or higher: 97.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 45.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 11.8%
- Unemployed: 1.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.9 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Parker town
- Never married: 18.4%
- Now married: 71.0%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 1.7%
- Divorced: 8.1%
3.6% Foreign born (1.4% Asia, 1.2% Europe, 0.5% North America).
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Aurora, CO (12.5 miles, pop. 276,393).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (651.1 miles, pop. 1,321,045).
Nearest cities: Stonegate, CO (2.6 miles),
Cottonwood, CO (3.7 miles),
Grand View Estates, CO (4.2 miles),
Foxfield, CO (4.9 miles),
The Pinery, CO (5.4 miles),
Heritage Hills, CO (8.2 miles),
Lone Tree, CO (8.9 miles),
Carriage Club, CO (9.1 miles).
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1996: 698 buildings, average cost: $113,000
- 1997: 678 buildings, average cost: $116,000
- 1998: 837 buildings, average cost: $123,400
- 1999: 1106 buildings, average cost: $138,500
- 2000: 844 buildings, average cost: $158,500
- 2001: 714 buildings, average cost: $171,400
- 2002: 457 buildings, average cost: $199,600
Industries providing employment: Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (17.1%), Finance,insurance,real estate,and rental and leasing (13.9%), Educational,health and social services (13.0%), Retail trade (11.0%).
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