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Deer Park

A city of 33,967 people in Texas
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Map of Deer Park: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land4.8%324 of 6,787 acres
Trails5.9 mi0.6 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves410 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Deer Park

City in Texas, United States
1948Established
34,495Population
24 ftElevation

Deer Park is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The city is located in southeast Harris County. As of the 2020 census, Deer Park had a population of 34,495. Deer Park is the home to several major industrial facilities, including the Shell Chemicals plant, the Pemex refinery, and the Dow Chemical plant (formerly Rohm and Haas).

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From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Town numbers

ZIP code77536
Area code281
Living in Deer Park

Housing in Deer Park

$281K≈ same as a year ago Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Deer Park home is worth about $281,000, about the same as a year ago, 6% below the Texas typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market30
Sale-to-list98.4%
Sold in May25
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Safety in Deer Park

B−

Safety Grade B-

Deer Park reports less crime per resident than 54% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Deer Park 1
Texas 3.5
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Deer Park 10.1
Texas 18.1
U.S. 15.5
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Health in Deer Park

B+

Health Grade B+

Healthier than 71% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.

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4better than TX·1worse

of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 21 are too close to call.

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Care nearby

Surgery Specialty Hospitals of America Se HoustonPasadena · 4.3 mi · ER
Legacy Deer ParkDeer Park · 0.9 mi · sliding-scale fees
Primary careNo shortage
DentalNo shortage
Mental healthShortage · county-wide
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CDC's estimate for Deer Park · CMS · HRSAHealth in Deer Park →

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B

School Grade B

The public schools Deer Park’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 63% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#102Best public schoolsof 583 in TX
DistrictDEER PARK ISDSchools10

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within TX. Ratings are from neighbors.

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Wikimedia Commons · Map: Rcsprinter123 · CC BY 3.0

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