ParkwoodCA
This town in California has a population of 1,758.
Is Parkwood a good place to live?
Parkwood’s weakest subject grade is a C− for hazard risk. Parkwood’s July high is 97°F, above both the California town median (89°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F). Parkwood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Parkwood for work
Where Parkwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Parkwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Parkwood is from typical.
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Moving to Parkwood: who provides what
Parkwood is unincorporated, so Madera County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Parkwood.
Parkwood is less healthy than four in five U.S. towns
17% of adults report frequent physical distress in Parkwood. Of 32 CDC measures, Parkwood beats the California average on 1 and trails it on 16. In Parkwood, 34% of adults worry about having enough food, and 67% had a checkup this year.
| Parkwood | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 22% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 16% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 67% | 72% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Parkwood | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.5% | 6.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 22.6% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Parkwood’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.3 jobs for each of them
Half of commuters travel less than 17 miles. For residents in Parkwood, the share who live below the poverty line is 21%. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Its average commute comes in at 20 minutes.
| Parkwood | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Parkwood faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
For Parkwood, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 78 of 100. Just over three fifths of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 24%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Parkwood Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Parkwood sell for about $352K
The median rent is $1,536 a month.
| Parkwood | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,536 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 61% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Forestiere Underground Gardens and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Parkwood. Close and well known come first.
13 mi MuseumForestiere Underground Gardens
18 mi Stadium & arenaValley Children's Stadium
19 mi Stadium & arenaSave Mart Center
18 mi Zoo & aquariumFresno Chaffee Zoo
20 mi Stadium & arenaChukchansi Park17 mi Theme parkRoeding ParkPhoto credits
Forestiere Underground Gardens: R&sbwn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Valley Children's Stadium: Emedina00, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Save Mart Center: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Fresno Chaffee Zoo: Jim Moore, CC BY 2.0 · Chukchansi Park: YAHQQLIGAN, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Parkwood
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Parkwood
About 2 of every 100 Parkwood residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Parkwood
Census-designated place in California, United States
Parkwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Madera County, California, United States. It is part of the Madera Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,307 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 262 ft
- Area code
- 559
Parkwood’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Parkwood.
Parkwood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Parkwood reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Parkwood with a neighbor →
Questions about Parkwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Parkwood, CA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $238,000, 69% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.