Deer Park vs La Porte

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

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

La Porte has the higher population (36,077 vs 33,823 in Deer Park). Deer Park has the higher median household income ($95,233 vs $81,801 in La Porte). Deer Park has the higher median home value ($238,900 vs $217,100 in La Porte).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Park	La Porte
Population	33,823	36,077
Median age	37.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,233	$81,801
Median home value	$238,900	$217,100
Median gross rent	$1,299	$1,327
Housing units	12,569	13,737
Homeownership rate	78.6%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Park	La Porte
Population	33,855 → 33,823 (-0.1%)	35,246 → 36,077 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$80,592 → $95,233 (+18.2%)	$75,262 → $81,801 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $238,900 (+37.8%)	$148,100 → $217,100 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $1,299 (+11.0%)	$1,075 → $1,327 (+23.4%)

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

La Porte

Population

35,24636,077

Median household income

$75,262$81,801

Median home value

$148,100$217,100

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,327

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Park	La Porte
Under 5	6.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.8%
75 and over	6.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Park	La Porte
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	50.6%
Black or African American	2.8%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	38.2%	37.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Park	La Porte
No high school diploma	9.9%	11.4%
High school graduate	29.1%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Park	La Porte
Drove alone	81.8%	80.9%
Carpooled	8.9%	10.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	7.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Park	La Porte
1-unit, detached	78.9%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	6.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Deer Park	La Porte
Poverty rate	8.2%	12.3%
Average household size	2.85	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1981	1983