Deep River CenterCT
A town of 2,407.
Is Deep River Center a good place to live?
Among 156 Connecticut towns, just 4 have a lower average trip to work than Deep River Center. The biggest place to walk is Cockaponset State Forest, 145 acres with 2 miles of trail. We don’t grade Deep River Center yet; the figures below are still real.
Deep River Center has grown 11% from 2010 to 2020
2,484 counted in 2010 and 2,765 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Gillette Castle State Park and 79 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Deep River Center. Close and well known come first.
3 mi State parkGillette Castle State Park
20 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun Arena
28 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
30 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
31 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
28 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney StadiumPhoto credits
Gillette Castle State Park: Original uploader was Kevinpepin at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
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Moving to Deep River Center: who provides what
Deep River Center is unincorporated, so Middlesex County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Deep River Center.
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Deep River Center’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Deep River Center for work: only 6% work in town. At $71,000, Deep River Center’s median household income is below the Connecticut town median ($109,000) and near the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Jobs based in Deep River Center fell to 726 in 2023, 188 fewer than in 2013.
| Deep River Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $71,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.5% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Deep River Center, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Deep River Center has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 21° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than Connecticut overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 25% of residents (19% statewide). At 49 years, Deep River Center’s median age is against 44.4 years in Connecticut’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. 16% of Deep River Center residents are under 18.
| Deep River Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 years | 44.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 45% | 45% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.2 points. Across Connecticut, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Deep River Center | CT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.2% | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.9% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.9% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 20.1% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.1% | 14.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.1% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.5% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.6% | 8.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.3% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.4% | 16.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.7% | 7.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.7% | 23.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.3% | 19.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
High risk in Deep River Center, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Deep River Center is
Deep River Center beats the Connecticut average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 27% of adults feel lonely in Deep River Center.
| Deep River Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 31% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Deep River Center | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.9% | 14.9% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.6% | 9.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Deep River Center has set aside 8.6% of its land for conservation
2.8 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. The trail density in Deep River Center is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Deep River Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.6% | 14% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cockaponset State Forest | 2 mi | 145 |
| 2. Walter E. Mislick Memorial Preserve | — | 46 |
| 3. Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park Trail | — | 37 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Deep River Center
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Deep River Center; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Deep River Center residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
94% of working residents leave Deep River Center for work
Where Deep River Center’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Deep River Center
Census-designated place in Connecticut, United States
Deep River Center is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the primary village in the town of Deep River, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the east-central part of the town, bordered to the north by the town of Chester, to the south by the town of Essex, to the east by Pratt Cove, and to the northeast by the Connecticut River. As of the 2020 census, Deep River Center had a population of 2,765, out of 4,415 in the entire town of Deep River.
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- Area
- 2.7 sq mi
Deep River Center’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Deep River Center.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep River Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deep River | #33 | A− | C | — | A− | A |
| Chester | #86 | B | D | — | B+ | A− |
| Chester Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lyme | — | — | C− | — | A | A |
| Essex | #27 | A− | D | — | A− | A |
Lyme has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Deep River, Chester, Lyme and Essex report no FBI crime data of their own. Deep River Center and Chester Center aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Deep River Center with a neighbor →
Questions about Deep River Center
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Deep River Center, CT a good place to live?
We don’t grade Deep River Center yet; the figures below are still real.