Deep River CenterCT
This town in Connecticut has a population of 2,407.
Is Deep River Center a good place to live?
Among 156 Connecticut towns, just 4 have a lower average commute 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.
Most of Deep River Center’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.5 jobs for each of them
Only 6% of working residents stay in Deep River Center for work; the rest commute out. In Deep River Center, the typical household income is $71,000. Jobs based here fell to 726 in 2023, 188 fewer than in 2013. Among residents here, 10% live below the poverty line, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 5.8% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
| 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
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Deep River Center
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 21°, with about 28 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Young adults are less common in Deep River Center than in Connecticut
Among residents in Deep River Center, 25% are 65 or older, against 20% in Connecticut’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns, and in Deep River Center, the median age is 49 years. Here, 45% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 43% in Connecticut as a whole. The share of residents in Deep River Center who are under 18: 16%.
| 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
Deep River Center’s FEMA risk score comes in at 61 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 80% come from inland flooding and 10% from hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Deep River Center is
In Deep River Center, 27% of adults feel lonely. Deep River Center does better than the Connecticut average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. 30% of adults in Deep River Center sleep under 7 hours; 83% had a checkup this year.
| 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
Open space protected for good: 8.6% of Deep River Center
Walkers can cover 2.8 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. Deep River Center’s trail network density stands at 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
A home in Deep River Center sells for about $397K at the median
55% of Deep River Center households own their home. On the market here: a median 21 days to sell. In Deep River Center, 69% of sales closed above the list price.
| Deep River Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 55% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,242 a month | $1,450 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · 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.