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Population (year 2000): 837. Estimated
population in July 2005: 833 (-0.5% change)
Males: 388 (46.4%), Females: 449 (53.6%)
Accomack County
Zip code:
23421
Median resident age: 40.6 years
Median household income: $35,313 (year 2000)
Median house value: $76,200 (year 2000)
Races in Parksley:
- White Non-Hispanic (79.2%)
- Black (10.8%)
- Hispanic (7.6%)
- Other race (4.3%)
- American Indian (1.8%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: English (15.7%), United States
(12.5%), Irish (11.7%), German (11.0%), French (3.1%), Polish
(2.3%).
Elevation: 43 feet
Land area: 0.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Parksley
- High school or higher: 78.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.1%
- Unemployed: 7.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Parksley town
- Never married: 21.3%
- Now married: 56.2%
- Separated: 3.4%
- Widowed: 9.0%
- Divorced: 10.2%
5.1% Foreign born (4.5% Latin America, 0.6%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +59 (+7.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Parksley:
- EDWARD MCCREADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles;
CRISFIELD, MD)
- SHORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; NASSAWADOX,
VA)
- HEALTHSOUTH CHESAPEAKE REHAB HOSPITAL (about 41
miles; SALISBURY, MD)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Parksley:
- SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO REGIONAL (about 40
miles; SALISBURY, MD; ID: SBY)
- LANGLEY AFB (about 69 miles; HAMPTON, VA; ID: LFI)
- OCEANA NAS /APOLLO SOUCEK FIELD/ (about 72 miles;
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA; ID: NTU)
Other public-use airports nearest to Parksley:
- ACCOMACK COUNTY (about 13 miles; MELFA, VA; ID: MFV)
- CRISFIELD MUNI (about 20 miles; CRISFIELD, MD; ID:
W41)
- TANGIER ISLAND (about 23 miles; TANGIER, VA; ID: TGI)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Parksley:
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE (about 30
miles; PRINCESS ANNE, MD; Full-time enrollment: 2,940)
- SALISBURY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles;
SALISBURY, MD; FT enrollment: 5,645)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-OWENS
(about 64 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; FT enrollment: 2,053)
- HAMPTON UNIVERSITY (about 71 miles; HAMPTON, VA; FT
enrollment: 5,249)
- OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (about 72 miles; NORFOLK,
VA; FT enrollment: 13,330)
- THOMAS NELSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73 miles;
Hampton, VA; FT enrollment: 3,884)
- ECPI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 74 miles; VIRGINIA
BEACH, VA; FT enrollment: 2,083)
Public primary/middle schools in Parksley:
- METOMPKIN ELEM (Students: 528; Location:
24501 PARKSLEY RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- PARKSLEY MIDDLE (Students: 454; Location:
18392 JONES AVENUE; Grades: 06 - 08)
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