Centereach vs Deer Park

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

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

Centereach has the higher population (31,501 vs 27,334 in Deer Park). Deer Park has the higher median household income ($138,950 vs $127,106 in Centereach). Deer Park has the higher median home value ($497,900 vs $471,300 in Centereach).

Population, income & housing

	Centereach	Deer Park
Population	31,501	27,334
Median age	38.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$127,106	$138,950
Median home value	$471,300	$497,900
Median gross rent	$2,398	$1,882
Housing units	10,464	9,323
Homeownership rate	85.0%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centereach	Deer Park
Population	31,493 → 31,501 (+0.0%)	27,479 → 27,334 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$107,184 → $127,106 (+18.6%)	$94,645 → $138,950 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$346,300 → $471,300 (+36.1%)	$369,500 → $497,900 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,956 → $2,398 (+22.6%)	$1,573 → $1,882 (+19.6%)

Centereach

Population

31,49331,501

Median household income

$107,184$127,106

Median home value

$346,300$471,300

Median gross rent

$1,956$2,398

Deer Park

Population

27,47927,334

Median household income

$94,645$138,950

Median home value

$369,500$497,900

Median gross rent

$1,573$1,882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centereach	Deer Park
Under 5	6.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	17.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.6%
75 and over	7.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centereach	Deer Park
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	51.5%
Black or African American	6.3%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centereach	Deer Park
No high school diploma	7.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centereach	Deer Park
Drove alone	77.5%	72.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.8%
Public transit	2.3%	9.4%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	7.4%
Other means	1.9%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centereach	Deer Park
1-unit, detached	89.2%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.6%
20 or more units	4.5%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Centereach	Deer Park
Poverty rate	5.4%	4.6%
Average household size	3.24	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1969	1963