Deer Park vs Lindenhurst

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

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

Deer Park has the higher population (27,334 vs 27,106 in Lindenhurst). Deer Park has the higher median household income ($138,950 vs $129,033 in Lindenhurst). Deer Park has the higher median home value ($497,900 vs $484,800 in Lindenhurst).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Park	Lindenhurst
Population	27,334	27,106
Median age	41.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$138,950	$129,033
Median home value	$497,900	$484,800
Median gross rent	$1,882	$2,099
Housing units	9,323	9,069
Homeownership rate	85.1%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Park	Lindenhurst
Population	27,479 → 27,334 (-0.5%)	26,979 → 27,106 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$94,645 → $138,950 (+46.8%)	$97,253 → $129,033 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$369,500 → $497,900 (+34.7%)	$367,000 → $484,800 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,573 → $1,882 (+19.6%)	$1,678 → $2,099 (+25.1%)

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

Lindenhurst

Population

26,97927,106

Median household income

$97,253$129,033

Median home value

$367,000$484,800

Median gross rent

$1,678$2,099

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Park	Lindenhurst
Under 5	6.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	17.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.8%
75 and over	7.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Park	Lindenhurst
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	74.4%
Black or African American	11.6%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	10.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	22.5%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Park	Lindenhurst
No high school diploma	7.0%	8.3%
High school graduate	25.6%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Park	Lindenhurst
Drove alone	72.8%	74.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.3%
Public transit	9.4%	6.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.4%	8.6%
Other means	3.2%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Park	Lindenhurst
1-unit, detached	81.1%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.4%
20 or more units	3.6%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deer Park	Lindenhurst
Poverty rate	4.6%	5.1%
Average household size	3.07	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1963	1957