Another notable thing is that Parks is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.
Because of many things, Parks is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Parks really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Parks perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Parks has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Parks has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Parks than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Parks may be for you.
One downside of living in Parks, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.40 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Parks does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Parks ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Parks, 40.06% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Parks in 2022 was $42,436, which is wealthy relative to Arizona, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $169,744 for a family of four. However, Parks contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Parks home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Parks residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Parks include German, English, Danish, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Parks is English. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo and Native American languages.
