Another notable thing is that Parks is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Parks’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Parks, the average commute to work is 32.40 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Parks is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
Parks is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 40.06% of adults in Parks have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.
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.
