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Bear Creek, AK

1,732 Population
38.3 square miles 45.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.7 ±13.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 41.4 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,004 ±$9,754 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $44,190 ±$2,260
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$95,774 ±$18,859 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $80,538 ±$5,216
  • a little higher than the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.1% ±4.3% (53  ±77) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.8% † 6,965 (±1.2% / ±726)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.6 minutes ±1.3 (7,375  ±3,307) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 20.7 451,120 (±1.4 / ±34,460)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

717 ±207 Number of households
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough: 24,371 ±383
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.4 (1,688  ±576) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 2.4 58,464 (±0 / ±127)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

932 ±211 Number of housing units
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough: 32,836 ±102
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$474,500 ±$77,540 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $323,200 ±$8,421
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22.5% ±18.9% (390  ±351.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.8% † 7,053 (±1.4% / ±861)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.8% ±40.1% (1,248  ±343.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 94.7% 40,650 (±2.7% / ±1,165.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alaska: 93.6% 458,914 (±1% / ±4,862.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
36.4% ±12.3% (460  ±207.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 29.8% 12,786 (±1.5% / ±625.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.7% ±6.8% (82  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 3.7% 2,221
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±9.1% (105  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10% 4,707 (±0.8% / ±388)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
105 Total veterans ±123 98 Male ±120 7 Female ±13

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