Your Hometown Demographics

[Coach]

Town of 79,000.

We are in Alameda county.

[Hatchdog]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park,_Washington

As of 2022 Deer Park had a population of 4,484 but I’m sure that has grown considerably. Starting in 2020 with the George Floyd riots and continuing with the covid scare the new home building here has exploded. This area is real attractive to folks moving from big cities like Seattle and Los Angeles as it’s very safe and Washington has no state income tax.

For a small town it’s pretty diverse. The median age is 36 and 87% are white. 2% Native, 2% Islander, 2% Asian and 6% other. Median income is 56K with 21% below the poverty line.


In my opinion Deer Park is pretty much a bedroom community to Spokane for those of us who tire of life in the big city. We moved here in 2004 after years of living in the north suburbs of Spokane. It’s a really nice community with lots of activities year round and is very peaceful. We have a large grocery store, Ace hardware and lots of banks. Several auto parts stores and our little jewel is Bi-Mart which is a smaller department store chain throughout the west. From beans to bullets and shoes to tv’s. My favorite store for sure.


https://www.bimart.com/shop-by-category ... BYCATEGORY

[HenryFan]

We're probably split fairly evenly between Republicans and Demographs.

[Hatchdog]

We're probably split fairly evenly between Republicans and Demographs.

Us too, the city of Spokane is slightly Democrat and the county of Spokane is slightly Republican.

[Steve51]

I live in a rural Illinois township that borders the Wabash River (York Township in Clark County). I live on the outskirts of an unincorporated village called West Union. Lived here since I was 5 years old, now 73 yrs old.

Facts from the 2020 Census:
population: 271
95.2% White
2.2% Other Races
2.2% mixed races
0.37% Asian
0.37% Hispanic/Latino
39% of households have children under 18 yr. old
Median age = 40 yrs old
88 males for every 100 females
15% below the poverty line (but none over age 65 are below poverty line)

When I was growing up, there were 7 grocery stores & 4 gas stations. Now there are no grocery stores and 1 gas station/convenience store.
There are 2 eating establishments (one serves alcohol) and there are 3 churches. We also have a park and a ball diamond.

[dave77]

When I was growing up, there were 7 grocery stores & 4 gas stations. Now there are no grocery stores and 1 gas station/convenience store.

I live in what used to be a small town, population was around 20k when I was kid in the 60's, now the population is around 120k (actually we're 2 separate cities divided by the Columbia River but it's really just like one city).

When I was a kid there were small mom and pop stores everywhere, there were 4 within walking distance of my house. Now they're almost all gone, we now have 7/11's, many supermarkets, a Walmart and a Costco, also Amazon just opened a "last mile" distribution center.

Lot's of people moving here from the west side of the state, either retired or able to work from home. They can buy a home for a fraction of what it costs over there (Sir Henry can attest to that) although we are catching up, I feel sorry for younger lower income couples, a nice 3 bedroom house is now 500k so not likely they will ever be able to afford to buy one.

[Sir Henry]

When I was growing up, there were 7 grocery stores & 4 gas stations. Now there are no grocery stores and 1 gas station/convenience store.

I live in what used to be a small town, population was around 20k when I was kid in the 60's, now the population is around 120k (actually we're 2 separate cities divided by the Columbia River but it's really just like one city).

When I was a kid there were small mom and pop stores everywhere, there were 4 within walking distance of my house. Now they're almost all gone, we now have 7/11's, many supermarkets, a Walmart and a Costco, also Amazon just opened a "last mile" distribution center.

Lot's of people moving here from the west side of the state, either retired or able to work from home. They can buy a home for a fraction of what it costs over there (Sir Henry can attest to that) although we are catching up, I feel sorry for younger lower income couples, a nice 3 bedroom house is now 500k so not likely they will ever be able to afford to buy one.

Yes I can. I spent 18% of what I sold my house for a house in Wisconsin. But then my house here is half the size. Then again I have more land and bought more. Plus I’ve added buildings. All said I’ve spent about a third and when done I’ll have about 40% into it here.

If I bought the same house in Madison that I sold it might be 60%.

[The Happy Kaboomer]

My subdivision is 80 acres........I am the HMO president and rule maker.........My house is the only house in my subdivision...........And I intend to keep it that way..........It's nice have to say we need to go to town......Cuz we can leave it all behind and go back home.

[Sir Henry]

When I was growing up, there were 7 grocery stores & 4 gas stations. Now there are no grocery stores and 1 gas station/convenience store.

I live in what used to be a small town, population was around 20k when I was kid in the 60's, now the population is around 120k (actually we're 2 separate cities divided by the Columbia River but it's really just like one city).

When I was a kid there were small mom and pop stores everywhere, there were 4 within walking distance of my house. Now they're almost all gone, we now have 7/11's, many supermarkets, a Walmart and a Costco, also Amazon just opened a "last mile" distribution center.

Lot's of people moving here from the west side of the state, either retired or able to work from home. They can buy a home for a fraction of what it costs over there (Sir Henry can attest to that) although we are catching up, I feel sorry for younger lower income couples, a nice 3 bedroom house is now 500k so not likely they will ever be able to afford to buy one.

Tri-cities?

[dave77]

When I was growing up, there were 7 grocery stores & 4 gas stations. Now there are no grocery stores and 1 gas station/convenience store.

I live in what used to be a small town, population was around 20k when I was kid in the 60's, now the population is around 120k (actually we're 2 separate cities divided by the Columbia River but it's really just like one city).

When I was a kid there were small mom and pop stores everywhere, there were 4 within walking distance of my house. Now they're almost all gone, we now have 7/11's, many supermarkets, a Walmart and a Costco, also Amazon just opened a "last mile" distribution center.

Lot's of people moving here from the west side of the state, either retired or able to work from home. They can buy a home for a fraction of what it costs over there (Sir Henry can attest to that) although we are catching up, I feel sorry for younger lower income couples, a nice 3 bedroom house is now 500k so not likely they will ever be able to afford to buy one.

Tri-cities?

Wenatchee