Parker, Texas
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 16.9% since 2020.
6,462
people, the 336th-largest of Texas's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Texas's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.
96.6%
of 1,022 jobs located in Parker are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is $568 a month.
$568
a month. Texas's median is $1,403.
Census ACS 5-year, 2005-2009 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $2,297 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Collin County.
- $1,204 Tract 317.20
- $3,501 Tract 318.12
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$940–$1,410
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $568 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2005-2009. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
35% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 721 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 35% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0–0.6% to the 1,625 homes here.
0–10
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 203% more than Texas's.
$859,600
median home value in Parker.
- $859,600 Parker
- $283,800 Texas
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year