Photo: Nyttend · Public domainDeer Park has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 3.1 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 15.3 in Cincinnati. 999 jobs are based in Deer Park, against 2,917 working residents. The two grades for Deer Park are A− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Deer Park, in brief
Most Deer Park residents work close to home
74% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Deer Park and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Deer Park residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Deer Park come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Deer Park empties out on a workday
About 3,600 people are in Deer Park on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than the 5,600 who live here: 2,900 head out to work and 940 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Why Deer Park gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Deer Park is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #227 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Deer Park could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Short hops and long hauls from Deer Park
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.
27% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Deer Park clocks in
27% of workers
8% 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.
Deer Park quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,858 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 940 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Deer Park on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Deer Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deer Park, 2013 → 2023: 874 → 999. 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 from Deer Park: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deer Park workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,953 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Deer Park, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Deer Park is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #69 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,484 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 54% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% 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). 3.4% of Deer Park households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Deer Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Deer Park is 677th of 3,502 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 675 | Williams Township PA | 6,699 | $116K | 3.0% | 5.2% | 4% | A− |
| 676 | Frankstown Township PA | 7,423 | $98K | 7.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A− |
| 677 | Deer Park OH | 5,557 | $83K | 9.7% | 1.6% | 2% | A− |
| 678 | Paint Township OH | 4,602 | $97K | 8.1% | 0.4% | 13% | A− |
| 679 | Sugarloaf Township PA | 4,068 | $103K | 4.0% | 3.2% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | 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 Ohio.
Deer Park and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Kenwood (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deer Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park | – | A− | A− | 21 min | $83,371 |
| Sycamore Township | under 3% | B | B | 21 min | $83,222 |
| Kenwood | 4% | B+ | B | 23 min | $110,212 |
| Rossmoyne | under 3% | B+ | A | 18 min | $44,422 |
| Dillonvale | under 3% | A | B− | 18 min | $79,318 |
| Silverton | under 3% | B+ | A | 19 min | $72,143 |
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?
$83,371 (±$7,039) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deer Park?
9.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deer Park?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deer Park work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (27%, 7 mi), Blue Ash (8%, 3 mi), Kenwood (4%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Deer Park walkable?
Deer Park is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 13.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deer Park without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 54% 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.