Deer Park vs Wadsworth

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

Deer Park and Wadsworth 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 3,535 in Wadsworth). Deer Park has the higher median household income ($160,750 vs $121,583 in Wadsworth). Deer Park has the higher median home value ($636,200 vs $377,900 in Wadsworth).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Park	Wadsworth
Population	3,711	3,535
Median age	43.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$160,750	$121,583
Median home value	$636,200	$377,900
Median gross rent	$2,389	$1,052
Housing units	1,415	1,365
Homeownership rate	78.2%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.9%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Park	Wadsworth
Population	3,884 → 3,711 (-4.5%)	3,563 → 3,535 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$167,448 → $160,750 (-4.0%)	$100,982 → $121,583 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$552,800 → $636,200 (+15.1%)	$294,900 → $377,900 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,302 → $2,389 (+83.5%)	$1,221 → $1,052 (-13.8%)

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

Wadsworth

Population

3,5633,535

Median household income

$100,982$121,583

Median home value

$294,900$377,900

Median gross rent

$1,221$1,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Park	Wadsworth
Under 5	5.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.9%	20.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	10.2%
25 to 34	5.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	7.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	18.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.2%
75 and over	8.8%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Park	Wadsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	73.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	3.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Park	Wadsworth
No high school diploma	1.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	12.1%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.1%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	31.9%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Park	Wadsworth
Drove alone	53.8%	82.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	1.0%
Public transit	5.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.8%	15.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Park	Wadsworth
1-unit, detached	69.2%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
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	Wadsworth
Poverty rate	1.4%	4.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1988	1988