2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Carpinteria, CA vs Parker, CO

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Highlights
- Household income in Parker, is 53% more than it is in Carpinteria and is 43% above the National Average.
- Carpinteria unemployment rate is 6.6%.
- Parker unemployment rate is 5.6%.
 Carpinteria, CAParker, COUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.6%5.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.8%2.8%1.6%
 Future Job Growth26.7%48.9%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.8%5.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes8.0%4.6%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$43,708$48,857$37,638
 Household Income$78,349$120,075$69,021
 Family Median Income$97,213$136,520$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Carpinteria, CAParker, COUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K6.2%3.0%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.2%1.4%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K3.8%2.3%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K7.6%4.5%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K4.7%3.7%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.6%4.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K9.4%7.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.0%14.6%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K15.2%22.8%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K9.9%17.7%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K17.3%17.8%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Carpinteria, CAParker, COUnited States
 Management, business, finance16.4%23.3%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science6.6%11.2%6.5%
 Community, social services1.4%1.4%1.8%
 Legal1.1%1.3%1.2%
 Education, library7.4%5.4%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.1%2.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.6%5.0%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.4%1.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.6%3.6%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving4.4%4.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance6.9%0.8%3.6%
 Personal care4.5%2.9%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support16.9%24.0%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry2.0%0.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair10.0%5.4%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving9.5%7.0%13.1%
Reviews for Carpinteria    2 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Only trouble is, there's no place to go that's better.  More

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Over 18 years ago

Cost of living in my area is very high, but especially  More

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Reviews for Parker    28 Reviews

I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here over 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small  More

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I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small CITY but  More

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Over 3 years ago

This is my 15th year in Parker, CO. Very nice initially. VERY EXPENSIVE to buy a home now. I rented all this time and despite making over $100,000 per year, cannot  More

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