Deer Park vs Medical Lake

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

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

Medical Lake has the higher population (4,927 vs 4,605 in Deer Park). Medical Lake has the higher median household income ($74,426 vs $57,294 in Deer Park). Medical Lake has the higher median home value ($333,000 vs $317,500 in Deer Park).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Park	Medical Lake
Population	4,605	4,927
Median age	35.4 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,294	$74,426
Median home value	$317,500	$333,000
Median gross rent	$890	$795
Housing units	1,834	1,877
Homeownership rate	74.7%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Park	Medical Lake
Population	4,119 → 4,605 (+11.8%)	4,938 → 4,927 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$52,429 → $57,294 (+9.3%)	$60,295 → $74,426 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $317,500 (+67.1%)	$198,300 → $333,000 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $890 (+17.1%)	$692 → $795 (+14.9%)

Deer Park

Population

4,1194,605

Median household income

$52,429$57,294

Median home value

$190,000$317,500

Median gross rent

$760$890

Medical Lake

Population

4,9384,927

Median household income

$60,295$74,426

Median home value

$198,300$333,000

Median gross rent

$692$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Park	Medical Lake
Under 5	5.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	17.7%	19.9%
35 to 44	9.6%	17.0%
45 to 54	8.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	6.4%
75 and over	10.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Park	Medical Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.6%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	1.9%
Two or more races	5.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Park	Medical Lake
No high school diploma	10.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	35.4%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Park	Medical Lake
Drove alone	75.6%	76.6%
Carpooled	12.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.2%	3.9%
Walked	7.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	10.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Park	Medical Lake
1-unit, detached	69.4%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	4.5%
20 or more units	6.4%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Deer Park	Medical Lake
Poverty rate	19.7%	6.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1986	1976