Elmshaven · Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 4.7 jobs in Deer Park for every working resident, and 1,939 people commute in
9% of workers work from home (California 17%). Employers in Deer Park report 1,988 jobs, and 425 of its residents work somewhere. A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes, against 29 across California and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Deer Park apart
Deer Park fills up on a workday
Deer Park has 1,988 jobs, 4.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,300 people are in town, 3 times the 720 who live here. Day and night ↓
Deer Park makes and builds things
54% of the jobs based in Deer Park are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Deer Park residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
The biggest group of Deer Park’s workers comes from Napa
586 of the people who work in Deer Park live in Napa, 19 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 425 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Deer Park on a workday afternoon
On a workday 376 residents head out to work and 49 work right here.
About 2,300 people are in Deer Park on a workday afternoon, 217% more than live here.
4.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Deer Park works in goods: 54% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deer Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,938 → 1,988. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deer Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Deer Park: where workers come from
Where Deer Park clocks in
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
About 25 minutes each way for Deer Park’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deer Park workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 379 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Deer Park, by distance
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work next door: 14% of Deer Park’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deer Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park | – | — | — | 25 min | $136,615 |
| St. Helena | 14% | A− | A | 21 min | $148,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to St. Helena. Darker towns draw more of Deer Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Deer Park: questions
What is the median household income in Deer Park?
$136,615 (±$39,470) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deer Park?
4.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deer Park?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deer Park work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Helena (14%, 2 mi), Napa (7%, 19 mi), Angwin (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Deer Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deer Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deer Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.