Deer Park vs Shirley

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

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

Shirley has the higher population (27,807 vs 27,334 in Deer Park). Deer Park has the higher median household income ($138,950 vs $105,379 in Shirley). Deer Park has the higher median home value ($497,900 vs $390,300 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Park	Shirley
Population	27,334	27,807
Median age	41.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$138,950	$105,379
Median home value	$497,900	$390,300
Median gross rent	$1,882	$2,110
Housing units	9,323	8,934
Homeownership rate	85.1%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Park	Shirley
Population	27,479 → 27,334 (-0.5%)	28,583 → 27,807 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$94,645 → $138,950 (+46.8%)	$87,242 → $105,379 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$369,500 → $497,900 (+34.7%)	$265,600 → $390,300 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,573 → $1,882 (+19.6%)	$1,878 → $2,110 (+12.4%)

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

Shirley

Population

28,58327,807

Median household income

$87,242$105,379

Median home value

$265,600$390,300

Median gross rent

$1,878$2,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Park	Shirley
Under 5	6.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	17.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.7%
75 and over	7.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Park	Shirley
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	57.4%
Black or African American	11.6%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	10.2%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	22.5%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Park	Shirley
No high school diploma	7.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	25.6%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Park	Shirley
Drove alone	72.8%	78.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	12.2%
Public transit	9.4%	2.7%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	4.9%
Other means	3.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Park	Shirley
1-unit, detached	81.1%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	3.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Deer Park	Shirley
Poverty rate	4.6%	8.0%
Average household size	3.07	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1963	1975