Deer Park vs Long Lake

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

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

Deer Park has the higher population (3,711 vs 3,219 in Long Lake). Deer Park has the higher median household income ($160,750 vs $100,824 in Long Lake). Deer Park has the higher median home value ($636,200 vs $185,400 in Long Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Park	Long Lake
Population	3,711	3,219
Median age	43.7 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$160,750	$100,824
Median home value	$636,200	$185,400
Median gross rent	$2,389	$1,529
Housing units	1,415	1,167
Homeownership rate	78.2%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.9%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Park	Long Lake
Population	3,884 → 3,711 (-4.5%)	3,557 → 3,219 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$167,448 → $160,750 (-4.0%)	$87,895 → $100,824 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$552,800 → $636,200 (+15.1%)	$155,800 → $185,400 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,302 → $2,389 (+83.5%)	$1,210 → $1,529 (+26.4%)

Deer Park

Population

3,8843,711

Median household income

$167,448$160,750

Median home value

$552,800$636,200

Median gross rent

$1,302$2,389

Long Lake

Population

3,5573,219

Median household income

$87,895$100,824

Median home value

$155,800$185,400

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,529

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Park	Long Lake
Under 5	5.8%	2.2%
5 to 17	21.9%	20.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	17.5%
25 to 34	5.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	5.4%
75 and over	8.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Park	Long Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	48.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	45.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Park	Long Lake
No high school diploma	1.6%	27.1%
High school graduate	12.1%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	40.1%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Park	Long Lake
Drove alone	53.8%	71.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	20.1%
Public transit	5.8%	2.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	33.8%	4.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Park	Long Lake
1-unit, detached	69.2%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	23.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deer Park	Long Lake
Poverty rate	1.4%	11.6%
Average household size	2.79	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1988	1957