Bellaire vs Deer Park

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

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

Deer Park has the higher population (33,823 vs 17,116 in Bellaire). Bellaire has the higher median household income ($236,311 vs $95,233 in Deer Park). Bellaire has the higher median home value ($978,300 vs $238,900 in Deer Park).

Population, income & housing

	Bellaire	Deer Park
Population	17,116	33,823
Median age	45.1 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$236,311	$95,233
Median home value	$978,300	$238,900
Median gross rent	$2,705	$1,299
Housing units	6,690	12,569
Homeownership rate	87.9%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.7%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellaire	Deer Park
Population	18,815 → 17,116 (-9.0%)	33,855 → 33,823 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$206,734 → $236,311 (+14.3%)	$80,592 → $95,233 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$842,700 → $978,300 (+16.1%)	$173,400 → $238,900 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,952 → $2,705 (+38.6%)	$1,170 → $1,299 (+11.0%)

Bellaire

Population

18,81517,116

Median household income

$206,734$236,311

Median home value

$842,700$978,300

Median gross rent

$1,952$2,705

Deer Park

Population

33,85533,823

Median household income

$80,592$95,233

Median home value

$173,400$238,900

Median gross rent

$1,170$1,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellaire	Deer Park
Under 5	4.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	5.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	16.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.4%
75 and over	8.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellaire	Deer Park
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	55.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	20.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	38.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellaire	Deer Park
No high school diploma	1.5%	9.9%
High school graduate	4.5%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	47.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellaire	Deer Park
Drove alone	72.1%	81.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.4%	7.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellaire	Deer Park
1-unit, detached	90.0%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	4.1%
20 or more units	1.5%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Bellaire	Deer Park
Poverty rate	2.6%	8.2%
Average household size	2.76	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1995	1981