Parksdale

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Parksdale

Total population

2,885

Median home value

$274,700

6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$51,587

Parksdale$52k

National$74k

Elevation85 m

Land area4.69 km²

Weather97°F · Sunny

Coordinates36.95°, -120.02°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Parksdale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Madera County, California, United States. It is part of the Madera Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,234 at the 2020 census, up from 2,621 in 2010.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Parksdale, CA from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Daniel B. Wallace

Professor of theology

Daniel C. Peterson

American professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic at Brigham Young University

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Daniel R. Escobar

American actor (1964-2013)

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Darbi Gwynn

American actress and singer

Darlene Antonino-Custodio

Filipino politician

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Darnell Coles

American baseball player

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Darren Stein

American film director, screenwriter, and film producer

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Darryl Knickrehm

American film director, writer, editor and illustrator

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Daryl B. Lund

20th century American food scientist

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Dave Thomas

American television director

David J. McCloud

United States general

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David Lane

Right-wing Christian political activist (1955-)

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David McNeill

American psychologist and professor

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David Moles

US science Fiction author, mainly of short fiction

David W. Burcham

American academic

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Debra Bloomfield

photographer (born 1952)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in California

• Parkwood
  1.9 mi away
• La Vina
  6.9 mi away · pop. 789
• Biola
  10.1 mi away · pop. 1,070
• Old Fig Garden
  15.7 mi away
• Mayfair
  18.9 mi away · pop. 5,044
• Malaga
  24.3 mi away
• Firebaugh
  24.7 mi away · pop. 8,392
• Coarsegold
  26.8 mi away · pop. 3,967
• Dos Palos
  33.9 mi away · pop. 5,765
• North Fork
  34 mi away
• Oakhurst
  34.9 mi away
• Parlier
  35.2 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire DOME, Mariposa, California
  Wildfires · 2026-09-15 · 48 mi
• Prescribed Fire CRAWFORD CORRAL RX, Tulare, California
  Wildfires · 2026-09-19 · 63 mi
• Wildfire GANN, Calaveras, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-03 · 90 mi
• Wildfire Plaskett, Monterey, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-26 · 106 mi
• Wildfire PLAINS, San Luis Obispo, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-12 · 106 mi
• Wildfire Timber, Monterey, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-09 · 107 mi
• Wildfire BUZZARD, Kern, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-05 · 154 mi
• Wildfire RIDGE, Los Angeles, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-07 · 163 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-10-01 16:30 UTC.