Deer Park’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 1.3% of residents, next to 11.8% across Illinois. Deer Park grades A+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. For 35% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Deer Park and work: the main findings
Home offices are common in Deer Park
35% of Deer Park workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Time on the road ↓
Deer Park’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Deer Park is Chicago, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (324) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
The four measures behind Deer Park’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Deer Park is among the top U.S. towns, #4 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Deer Park stays A+.
The daily trip from Deer Park: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deer Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,157 commuters (the 35% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Deer Park goes to work
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.
Deer Park on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,708 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 2,404 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Deer Park on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Deer Park clocks in
19% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Deer Park
2,429 jobs are based in Deer Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deer Park, 2013 → 2023: 2,193 → 2,429. 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.
Deer Park is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Deer Park is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #175 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 8.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,770 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 40% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.1% of Deer Park households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Deer Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Deer Park is 23rd of 4,210 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 4,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 22 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| 23 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 24 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 25 | Hanover MN | 4,392 | $157K | 0.6% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Lakewood IL | 4,293 | $174K | 3.5% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 154 | Metamora IL | 3,857 | $129K | 3.6% | 0.0% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,210 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Deer Park, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Deer Park
The biggest share goes to Lake Zurich (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deer Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park | – | A+ | A | 28 min | $174,458 |
| Kildeer | under 2% | A | B− | 30 min | $250,000+ |
| Palatine | 2% | A− | A− | 28 min | $97,819 |
| Lake Zurich | 6% | A+ | A− | 28 min | $135,968 |
| Ela Township | under 2% | A+ | A− | 31 min | $173,916 |
| Cuba Township | under 2% | A | A− | 32 min | $154,263 |
| Barrington | under 2% | A+ | A | 31 min | $147,989 |
| North Barrington | under 2% | A+ | A− | 33 min | $226,055 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$174,458 (±$38,238) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deer Park?
1.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deer Park?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deer Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (19%, 31 mi), Lake Zurich (6%, 2 mi), Arlington Heights (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Deer Park walkable?
Deer Park is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deer Park without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.