Deer Park vs St. Helena

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

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

St. Helena has the higher population (5,378 vs 740 in Deer Park). St. Helena has the higher median household income ($158,218 vs $108,261 in Deer Park). St. Helena has the higher median home value ($1,964,300 vs $1,065,900 in Deer Park).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Park	St. Helena
Population	740	5,378
Median age	49.3 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$108,261	$158,218
Median home value	$1,065,900	$1,964,300
Median gross rent	$1,289	$2,391
Housing units	501	2,747
Homeownership rate	66.0%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Park	St. Helena
Population	869 → 740 (-14.8%)	6,101 → 5,378 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$89,500 → $108,261 (+21.0%)	$90,031 → $158,218 (+75.7%)
Median home value	$869,200 → $1,065,900 (+22.6%)	$1,112,100 → $1,964,300 (+76.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,289 (+13.0%)	$1,664 → $2,391 (+43.7%)

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

St. Helena

Population

6,1015,378

Median household income

$90,031$158,218

Median home value

$1,112,100$1,964,300

Median gross rent

$1,664$2,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Park	St. Helena
Under 5	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	3.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	8.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	25.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	17.0%	15.3%
75 and over	10.5%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Park	St. Helena
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	69.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Park	St. Helena
No high school diploma	5.8%	11.4%
High school graduate	9.0%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	48.0%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Park	St. Helena
Drove alone	79.1%	65.0%
Carpooled	1.7%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	3.5%	10.9%
Bicycle	5.6%	1.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	18.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Park	St. Helena
1-unit, detached	88.4%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Deer Park	St. Helena
Poverty rate	3.3%	6.0%
Average household size	1.94	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1956	1974