Deer Park vs Medford

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

Deer Park and Medford 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 25,681 in Medford). Deer Park has the higher median household income ($138,950 vs $128,631 in Medford). Deer Park has the higher median home value ($497,900 vs $444,500 in Medford).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Park	Medford
Population	27,334	25,681
Median age	41.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$138,950	$128,631
Median home value	$497,900	$444,500
Median gross rent	$1,882	$2,404
Housing units	9,323	8,325
Homeownership rate	85.1%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Park	Medford
Population	27,479 → 27,334 (-0.5%)	24,406 → 25,681 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$94,645 → $138,950 (+46.8%)	$95,603 → $128,631 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$369,500 → $497,900 (+34.7%)	$324,800 → $444,500 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,573 → $1,882 (+19.6%)	$2,057 → $2,404 (+16.9%)

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

Medford

Population

24,40625,681

Median household income

$95,603$128,631

Median home value

$324,800$444,500

Median gross rent

$2,057$2,404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Park	Medford
Under 5	6.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	17.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.9%
75 and over	7.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Park	Medford
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	57.0%
Black or African American	11.6%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	10.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.5%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Park	Medford
No high school diploma	7.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	25.6%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Park	Medford
Drove alone	72.8%	73.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	11.6%
Public transit	9.4%	6.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	8.5%
Other means	3.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Park	Medford
1-unit, detached	81.1%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.7%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Deer Park	Medford
Poverty rate	4.6%	5.6%
Average household size	3.07	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1963	1975