Parker is a very small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 3,400 people and three associated neighborhoods, Parker is the 98th largest community in Arizona.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.97% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 12.62 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small town, Parker does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Parker are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.70% of adults in Parker having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Parker in 2022 was $40,377, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $161,508 for a family of four. However, Parker contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Parker is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Parker home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Parker, accounting for 44.84% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Parker residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Parker include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Parker is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.