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Bear Creek, Alaska: commercial real estate data.
Bear Creek is a Census CDP of 1,732 people across 38.33 square miles of land, in Kenai Peninsula Borough. Median household income is $95,774, 57.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Bear Creek
What Bear Creek is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area38.33 sq mi
- Water area1.26 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land45 plus or minus 15
- County holding the largest share of its areaKenai Peninsula Borough, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Bear Creek
- Population1,732 plus or minus 575
- Median age49.7 plus or minus 13.2
- Population under 18420 plus or minus 208
- Share under 1824.2 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Population 65 and over168 plus or minus 113
- Share 65 and over9.7 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Households717 plus or minus 207
- Family households391 plus or minus 157
- Share of households that are families54.5 percent plus or minus 15.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Bear Creek
- Median household income$95,774
- Per capita income$45,004 plus or minus $9,754
- Civilian labor force892 plus or minus 349
- Employed832 plus or minus 306
- Unemployed60 plus or minus 82
- Unemployment rate6.7 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Adults 25 and over1,263 plus or minus 376
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher36.4 percent plus or minus 17.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.0 percent plus or minus 5.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Bear Creek
- Housing units932 plus or minus 211
- Occupied units717 plus or minus 207
- Vacant units215 plus or minus 119
- Vacancy rate23.1 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Owner occupied409 plus or minus 140
- Renter occupied308 plus or minus 177
- Ownership rate57.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$474,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,363 plus or minus $842
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.1 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Single family units725 plus or minus 195
- Share single family77.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more98 plus or minus 91
- Share in buildings of two or more10.5 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Mobile homes109 plus or minus 85
- Median year structure built1995
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Bear Creek gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute636 plus or minus 270
- Commuting under 15 minutes419 plus or minus 213
- Share commuting under 15 minutes65.9 percent plus or minus 18.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more0
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more0.0 percent
- Drove alone79.2 percent
- Carpooled8.4 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked6.2 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Worked from home6.2 percent plus or minus 7.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kenai Peninsula Borough, not Bear Creek
Kenai Peninsula Borough context, not Bear Creek figures
- Establishments in Kenai Peninsula Borough2,405
- Covered employment, Kenai Peninsula Borough21,474
- Average annual pay, Kenai Peninsula Borough$62,398
- Housing units permitted, Kenai Peninsula Borough152
Every figure in this section is published for Kenai Peninsula Borough as a whole and is not a measurement of Bear Creek.
All Kenai Peninsula Borough figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Bear Creek questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bear Creek, Alaska?
1,732, in 717 households. Bear Creek CDP covers 38.33 square miles of land, which is 45 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bear Creek in?
Kenai Peninsula Borough, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Bear Creek?
$95,774. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $474,500. Median gross rent is $1,363 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Bear Creek figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kenai Peninsula Borough as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Bear Creek.
Is zoning published for Bear Creek?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.