Because of many things, Deer Park is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Deer Park really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Deer Park perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
One downside of living in Deer Park, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.67 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
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 population of Deer Park is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.58% of adults in Deer Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Deer Park in 2018 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.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Deer Park's cultural character, accounting for 18.56% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Deer Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
