COMPARING TWO PLACES
Parks vs Sterling
PLACE A
Parks, Louisiana
VS
PLACE B
Sterling, Oklahoma
Parks and Sterling are close in size. Parks earns more, with a median household income $18,477 higher. Parks has grown faster since 2000 (-2% vs -16%).
PARKSSTERLINGDIFFERENCE
Total population671674−0% vs Sterling
Population density794820−26
Population growth-2.0%-15.8%+13.8 pts
Median age33.940.2−6.3
Male46.4%45.1%+1.3 pts
Female53.6%54.9%−1.3 pts
Foreign-born0.4%0.5%−0.1 pts
White, non-Hispanic54.1%88.0%−33.9 pts
Black43.9%3.6%+40.3 pts
Hispanic / Latino0.5%3.2%−2.7 pts
Asian0.2%0.0%+0.2 pts
Other1.2%5.2%−3.9 pts
Median household income$86,458$67,981+$18,477
Per capita income$31,375$36,630−$5,255
Poverty rate8.6%14.0%−5.3 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.4010.476−0.1
Bachelor's degree or higher20.7%11.9%+8.8 pts
Graduate degree2.5%4.2%−1.7 pts
Unemployment rate5.8%0.0%+5.8 pts
Labor force participation71.0%41.9%+29.1 pts
Median home value$152,600$131,900+$20,700
Median gross rent$518$604−$86
Owner-occupied84.5%74.1%+10.4 pts
Housing vacancy rate11.1%10.4%+0.7 pts
Rent-burdened households29.3%57.7%−28.4 pts
Average commute22.627.2−4.7
Worked from home3.7%2.4%+1.2 pts
Public transit to work0.0%0.0%Even
Uninsured2.8%10.1%−7.3 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025