Deer Park is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. The population was 1,294 at the 2020 census. It is part of the

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Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its area code is 707. Its ZIP code is 94576. It is in the Pacific time zone. Deer Creek is where Elmshaven, a large Victorian home lived in by Ellen White in the early twentieth century, is located.

History

In August 2020, Deer Park was evacuated due to the Hennessey Fire, which resulted in the burning of over in five counties, including near Deer Park. The Glass Fire caused significant damage throughout Deer Park in late September 2020, destroying numerous houses as well as much of the Foothills Adventist Elementary School.

Geography

Deer Park is located at (38.537257, -122.472386). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , 99.93% of it land and 0.07% of it water.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Deer Park had a population of 1,294. The population density was . The racial makeup of Deer Park was 940 (72.6%)

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, 21 (1.6%)

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, 13 (1.0%) Native American, 69 (5.3%) Asian, 7 (0.5%)

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, 106 (8.2%) from other races, and 138 (10.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 251 persons (19.4%). The census reported that 85.9% of the population lived in households, 0.4% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 13.7% were institutionalized. There were 487 households, out of which 94 (19.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 218 (44.8%) were married-couple households, 31 (6.4%) were

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couple households, 142 (29.2%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 96 (19.7%) had a male householder with no partner present. 166 households (34.1%) were one person, and 75 (15.4%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.28. There were 290

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(59.5% of all households). The age distribution was 190 people (14.7%) under the age of 18, 64 people (4.9%) aged 18 to 24, 239 people (18.5%) aged 25 to 44, 337 people (26.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 464 people (35.9%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 56.0years. For every 100 females, there were 79.2 males. There were 655 housing units at an average density of , of which 487 (74.4%) were occupied. Of these, 281 (57.7%) were owner-occupied, and 206 (42.3%) were occupied by renters.

Government

In the

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, Deer Park is in , and in . In the

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References

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