Because of many things, Deer Park is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Deer Park a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Deer Park has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Deer Park’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Deer Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Deer Park, the average commute to work is 31.67 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Like elsewhere in America, most people in Deer Park use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Deer Park‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
The education level of Deer Park citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.58% of adults in Deer Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Deer Park in 2022 was $50,042, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $200,168 for a family of four.
Deer Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Deer Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Deer Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Deer Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.21% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Deer Park include Italian, Irish, German, Haitian, and Jamaican.
Deer Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.56%.
The most common language spoken in Deer Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
