| Official Name: | Deer Lake, Pennsylvania |
| Nickname: | The Lake |
| Settlement Type: | Borough |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Deer Lake |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Deer Park in Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Schuylkill |
| Government Type: | Borough Council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Jim Bo |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Established Date1: | 1936 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.22 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.14 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.08 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.47 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.44 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 670 |
| Population Density Km2: | 589.57 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1526.20 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 40.6219°N -76.0547°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 486 |
| Postal Code Type: | Zip Code |
| Postal Code: | 17961 |
| Area Code: | 570 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-18576 |
Deer Lake is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The population was 670 at the 2020 census.[2] The mayor of the borough is Larry Kozlowski.
The community was founded as a resort community serving coal barons and other members of the wealthy elite of nearby Pottsville. A small summer stock theatre operated during the 1920s, in which actors such as John Kenley performed.
In 1972, Muhammad Ali set his training camp in Deer Lake, and it still stands today complete with an indoor boxing ring.
Deer Lake is located at 40.6219°N -76.0547°W (40.621903, -76.054638).[3]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.4sqmi, of which 0.4sqmi is land and 0.04sqmi (6.67%) is water.
Pennsylvania Route 61 is the principal highway passing through Deer Lake.
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 528 people, 203 households, and 160 families living in the borough. The population density was 1261.8sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 216 housing units at an average density of 516.2/mi2. The racial makeup of the borough was 98.30% White, 0.19% Native American, 1.33% Asian, and 0.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.19% of the population.
There were 203 households, out of which 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.5% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.7% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 2.94.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 23.1% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.2 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $52,386, and the median income for a family was $61,042. Males had a median income of $36,000 versus $28,611 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $25,577. About 1.3% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 13.3% of those age 65 or over.