Deer Park vs West Islip

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

Deer Park and West Islip 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 26,559 in West Islip). West Islip has the higher median household income ($171,045 vs $138,950 in Deer Park). West Islip has the higher median home value ($592,700 vs $497,900 in Deer Park).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Park	West Islip
Population	27,334	26,559
Median age	41.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$138,950	$171,045
Median home value	$497,900	$592,700
Median gross rent	$1,882	$2,613
Housing units	9,323	8,650
Homeownership rate	85.1%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Park	West Islip
Population	27,479 → 27,334 (-0.5%)	26,844 → 26,559 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$94,645 → $138,950 (+46.8%)	$125,779 → $171,045 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$369,500 → $497,900 (+34.7%)	$426,700 → $592,700 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,573 → $1,882 (+19.6%)	$2,017 → $2,613 (+29.5%)

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

West Islip

Population

26,84426,559

Median household income

$125,779$171,045

Median home value

$426,700$592,700

Median gross rent

$2,017$2,613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Park	West Islip
Under 5	6.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	17.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.4%
75 and over	7.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Park	West Islip
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	81.1%
Black or African American	11.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	22.5%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Park	West Islip
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	25.6%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Park	West Islip
Drove alone	72.8%	75.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.9%
Public transit	9.4%	5.5%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	12.3%
Other means	3.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Park	West Islip
1-unit, detached	81.1%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.8%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Deer Park	West Islip
Poverty rate	4.6%	2.7%
Average household size	3.07	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1963	1960