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Bear, DE

22,604 Population
5.8 square miles 3,907.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±2.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 41.5 ±0.1

Economics

$40,782 ±$3,267 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $49,178 ±$289
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $44,219 ±$479
$88,985 ±$6,144 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $89,273 ±$595
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $82,855 ±$1,234

9.7% ±3.5% (2,198  ±800) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.7% 712,006 (±0.3% / ±15,436)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 105,246 (±0.5% / ±4,897)

24.4 minutes ±4.3 (264,660  ±31,413) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29 73,926,390 (±0.1 / ±414,384)
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 26.1 10,778,325 (±0.3 / ±154,224)

Families

8,886 ±576 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,445,882 ±4,260
  • Delaware: 396,209 ±1,648
2.5 ±0.1 (22,600  ±1,707) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,082,637
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 2.5 982,814

2.7% ±2.2% (142  ±120) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 72,141 (±0.2% / ±2,565)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 10,952 (±0.4% / ±905)

Housing

9,341 ±572 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,608,248 ±586
  • Delaware: 457,958 ±241

$280,200 ±$29,182 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $326,700 ±$1,400
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $326,800 ±$3,051

8.2% ±2.9% (1,855  ±659.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11% 679,574 (±0.2% / ±11,191.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 11.3% 112,086 (±0.5% / ±4,566.1)

Social

85.8% ±5.5% (13,774  ±1,263.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.1% 4,004,383 (±0.4% / ±15,888.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 649,298 (±0.9% / ±6,357.6)
30.7% ±4.2% (4,929  ±748.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 41.5% 1,802,641 (±0.2% / ±9,808.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 35.3% 250,626 (±0.5% / ±3,743.6)

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

22.5% ±4.8% (5,088  ±1,142) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 718,497
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 104,694

6.6% ±2% (1,162  ±355) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.2% 253,749 (±0.1% / ±3,578)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 7.8% 61,582 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
1,162 Total veterans ±355 1,008 Male ±359 154 Female ±104

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