Few U.S. towns have unemployment as high as Parksdale’s 18.1%
Household incomes here are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns. Parksdale grades D for jobs and income and B for walkability. Home is the office for 5% of workers (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Parksdale apart
Parksdale is a place people come home to
There are 83 jobs based in Parksdale, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Parksdale has about 2,000 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Parksdale than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Parksdale fell from 533 in 2013 to 83 in 2023, −84%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Parksdale and Madera trade workers both ways
Madera is the top workplace for Parksdale residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Parksdale come from (35% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 956 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Parksdale
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Parksdale is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #760 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Parksdale’s grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Parksdale could be anywhere from D to C+.
How many people are in Parksdale by day
On a workday 936 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Parksdale on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.09 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Parksdale is a services town
83 jobs are based in Parksdale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parksdale, 2013 → 2023: 533 → 83. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parksdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
23% of working residents work in Madera
Where Parksdale clocks in
23% of workers
15% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
About 28 minutes each way for Parksdale’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parksdale workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 954 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Parksdale works
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Parksdale is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Parksdale is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #616 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,001 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Parksdale households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Parksdale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Parksdale next to U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900: 4,117th of 4,882 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,115 | Derry PA | 2,561 | $50K | 16.6% | 10.0% | 4% | D |
| 4,116 | Bethel ME | 2,751 | $59K | 13.9% | 5.2% | 32% | D |
| 4,117 | Parksdale CA | 2,885 | $52K | 21.0% | 18.1% | 2% | D |
| 4,118 | San Carlos TX | 3,678 | $49K | 23.1% | 21.0% | 1% | D |
| 4,119 | Wrangell AK | 2,007 | $64K | 12.1% | 4.3% | — | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Parksdale, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 23% of Parksdale
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Madera. Darker towns draw more of Parksdale’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Parksdale: questions
What is the median household income in Parksdale?
$51,587 (±$13,813) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parksdale?
21.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parksdale?
28 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parksdale work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madera (23%, 4 mi), Fresno (15%, 17 mi), Clovis (2%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Parksdale walkable?
Parksdale is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Parksdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parksdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parksdale
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.