Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Deer Park is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, ranked 158th of 640 in Texas, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 71% of the country. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $279K, 3.4 years of the Houston metro’s $82K median household income. Deer Park’s January low is 45°F, above both the Texas town median (37°F) and the median of U.S. towns (22°F). Deer Park's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 87% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Dow Park, 36 acres with 1.1 miles of trail.
Where Deer Park beats most towns.
Where Deer Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Deer Park is from typical.
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Census counts: 736 in 1950, 34,495 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2009 and 3 maps from 1950 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Deer Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaDaikin Park
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaReliant Stadium
5 mi LandmarkSan Jacinto Monument
15 mi Stadium & arenaToyota Center
17 mi MuseumRothko Chapel
15 mi Stadium & arenaShell Energy StadiumDaikin Park: Delaywaves, CC BY 3.0 · Reliant Stadium: User eschipul on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · San Jacinto Monument: Tijuana Brass at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Toyota Center: Ed Uthman from Houston, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Rothko Chapel: Unknown, Public domain · Shell Energy Stadium: HDFC PR, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Deer Park, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Deer Park.
Deer Park draws workers from Houston and beyond and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
32,595 jobs are based in Deer Park, 2.2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 22,179 in 2013 to 32,595.
Most working residents leave Deer Park for work: only 14% work in town. The median household income in Deer Park is $100,000. Jobs based in Deer Park grew to 32,595 in 2023, 10,416 more than in 2013.
| Deer Park | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $100,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.1% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 9% | 9.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by Deer Park ISD. Three of its 10 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park J HLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 877 | A |
| Deer Park H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 4,057 | A |
| Heritage ElTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 667 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
| Deer Park | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.8% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dow Park | 1.1 mi | 36 |
| 2. Park Green | — | 5 |
| 3. Avon Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
19% of adults binge drink in Deer Park. Deer Park beats the Texas average on 8 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 73% of adults had a checkup this year in Deer Park.
| Deer Park | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 74% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 30% | 25% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Deer Park | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who get no exercise | 22.5% | 27.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 15.8% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 7.3% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1,530 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 133 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 74% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 1,530 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Deer Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
January nights average 44.9°, milder than in 97% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.7°.
Deer Park has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Deer Park’s July high is 92°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
People 65 and older are 17% of residents (13% statewide). 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| Deer Park | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 24% | 26% | 22% |
| Median age | 38 years | 35.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 14% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 23% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.3 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Deer Park | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.2% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.9% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.3% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.3% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.9% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.7% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.7% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.4% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.3% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.5% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.3% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.1% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.4% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The typical Deer Park home is worth about $279,000, about the same as a year ago, 6% below the Texas typical home. 78% of Deer Park households own their home.
| Deer Park | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 78% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,318 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Reported crimes fell from 555 to 384 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 34 reported in 2025, 1 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
7 within 15 miles of the center of Deer Park
About 7 of every 100 Deer Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
City in Texas, United States
Deer Park is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The city is located in southeast Harris County. As of the 2020 census, Deer Park had a population of 34,495. Deer Park is the home to several major industrial facilities, including the Shell Chemicals plant, the Pemex refinery, and the Dow Chemical plant (formerly Rohm and Haas).
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2 towns share a border with Deer Park.
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Deer Park grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #158 of 640 in Texas. It grades B+ for health, B− for safety and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
