Parkway is a Census-designated place in Sacramento County, California. Parkway sits at an elevation of . The 2020 United States census reported Parkway's population was 15,962.
Prior to the 2010 United States census, Parkway was grouped with Fruitridge Pocket and Lemon Hill in the Parkway-South Sacramento, California CDP.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km), all of it land.
Parkway first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census formed from formed from part of the deleted Parkway-South Sacramento CDP and from area detached from Sacramento city.
The 2020 United States census reported that Parkway had a population of 15,962. The population density was . The racial makeup of Parkway was 20.4% White, 16.9% African American, 1.6% Native American, 18.8% Asian, 1.6% Pacific Islander, 28.8% from other races, and 11.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 43.9% of the population.
The census reported that 97.1% of the population lived in households, 2.8% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.1% were institutionalized.
There were 4,750 households, out of which 44.5% included children under the age of 18, 39.3% were married-couple households, 8.8% were cohabiting couple households, 32.5% had a female householder with no partner present, and 19.4% had a male householder with no partner present. 20.4% of households were one person, and 7.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.26. There were 3,467 families (73.0% of all households).
The age distribution was 28.1% under the age of 18, 10.2% aged 18 to 24, 28.9% aged 25 to 44, 21.9% aged 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 32.1years. For every 100 females, there were 97.7 males.
There were 5,054 housing units at an average density of , of which 4,750 (94.0%) were occupied. Of these, 45.5% were owner-occupied, and 54.5% were occupied by renters.