Deer Park vs Rutherford

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Park and Rutherford: population, income, housing, and more.

Deer Park and Rutherford are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Deer Park has the higher population (740 vs 89 in Rutherford). Since 2019, Rutherford's population has grown faster (+1.1% vs -14.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Park	Rutherford
Population	740	89
Median age	49.3 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$108,261	—
Median home value	$1,065,900	—
Median gross rent	$1,289	—
Housing units	501	85
Homeownership rate	66.0%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Park	Rutherford
Population	869 → 740 (-14.8%)	88 → 89 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$89,500 → $108,261 (+21.0%)	$99,375 → $100,750 (+1.4%)
Median home value	$869,200 → $1,065,900 (+22.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,289 (+13.0%)	$1,833 → $2,060 (+12.4%)

Deer Park

Population

869740

Median household income

$89,500$108,261

Median home value

$869,200$1,065,900

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,289

Rutherford

Population

8889

Median household income

$99,375$100,750

Median gross rent

$1,833$2,060

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Park	Rutherford
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	3.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	25.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	22.5%
65 to 74	17.0%	36.0%
75 and over	10.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Park	Rutherford
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	58.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	41.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Park	Rutherford
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	9.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	48.0%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Park	Rutherford
Drove alone	79.1%	12.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	42.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	45.5%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Park	Rutherford
1-unit, detached	88.4%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deer Park	Rutherford
Poverty rate	3.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.94	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1956	1947