Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Deerpark has higher unemployment (8.4%) than 90% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Deerpark C; getting around on foot earns it C. 6% of workers have no commute at all, against 15% across New York. Household incomes here are lower than in 53% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Deerpark apart on work
Why Deerpark gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Deerpark is better than 26% of U.S. towns, #611 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Deerpark’s grade up (10.2%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Deerpark could be anywhere from D to B−.
Miles to work from Deerpark
About 27% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Deerpark
On a workday 2,785 residents head out to work, 409 work right here, and 851 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,500 people are in Deerpark on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.39 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
13% of working residents work in New York City
Where Deerpark clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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 Deerpark
1,260 jobs are based in Deerpark.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deerpark, 2013 → 2023: 1,114 → 1,260. 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 Deerpark’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Deerpark: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deerpark workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,020 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Deerpark is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Deerpark is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns, #655 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,196 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 20% 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). 4.7% of Deerpark households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Deerpark’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,083 U.S. towns of 5,200 to 10,000, Deerpark comes 2,461st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,459 | Wharton TX | 8,776 | $58K | 11.9% | 6.2% | 15% | C |
| 2,460 | Gladewater TX | 6,306 | $59K | 22.5% | 5.0% | 8% | C |
| 2,461 | Deerpark NY | 7,433 | $73K | 10.2% | 8.4% | 13% | C |
| 2,462 | Kathleen FL | 7,201 | $57K | 31.8% | 4.5% | 1% | C |
| 2,463 | Lacombe LA | 6,310 | $73K | 18.0% | 10.2% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,083 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Deerpark, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
13% of Deerpark works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Port Jervis (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deerpark workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerpark | – | C | C | 32 min | $73,081 |
| Port Jervis | 8% | D | A | 25 min | $47,917 |
| Lumberland | under 2% | B− | C | 35 min | $102,957 |
| Mount Hope | under 2% | A− | C− | 40 min | $91,475 |
| Greenville | 2% | A− | D− | 38 min | $122,521 |
| Mamakating | under 2% | C+ | C | 34 min | $90,631 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Deerpark’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 Deerpark: questions
What is the median household income in Deerpark?
$73,081 (±$7,329) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deerpark?
10.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deerpark?
32 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deerpark work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (13%, 66 mi), Wallkill (8%, 15 mi), Port Jervis (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Deerpark walkable?
Deerpark is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deerpark without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deerpark, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deerpark
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.