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Big Bear City CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
Big Bear City CDP is a Census CDP of 11,431 people across 32.01 square miles of land, in San Bernardino County. Median household income is $71,511, 70.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.7 m.
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Big Bear City
What Big Bear City is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area32.01 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land357
- County holding the largest share of its areaSan Bernardino County, 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.
Big Bear City
How many people live in Big Bear City
- Population11,431
- Median age47.2
- Population under 182,140 plus or minus 455
- Share under 1818.7 percent
- Population 65 and over2,720
- Share 65 and over23.8 percent
- Households5,261
- Family households3,022
- Share of households that are families57.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Big Bear City
Income and work in Big Bear City
- Median household income$71,511
- Per capita income$40,765
- Civilian labor force5,209
- Employed4,698
- Unemployed511 plus or minus 188
- Unemployment rate9.8 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over8,543
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher30.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.3 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Big Bear City
Housing in Big Bear City
- Housing units12,487
- Occupied units5,261
- Vacant units7,226
- Vacancy rate57.9 percent
- Owner occupied3,723
- Renter occupied1,538 plus or minus 389
- Ownership rate70.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$463,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,854
- Annual rent as a share of median income31.1 percent
- Single family units11,753
- Share single family94.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more252 plus or minus 157
- Share in buildings of two or more2.0 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Mobile homes443 plus or minus 189
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Big Bear City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,797
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,794 plus or minus 462
- Share commuting under 15 minutes47.2 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more777 plus or minus 267
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.5 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Drove alone68.4 percent
- Carpooled6.6 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Walked4.9 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Worked from home18.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Big Bear City
SBA loans in Big Bear City (7(a))
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$1,743,000
- Average approval$217,875
- Median approval$202,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$650,000
- Largest approval$650,000
- Jobs supported50
- Jobs per approval6.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
San Bernardino County, not Big Bear City
San Bernardino County context, not Big Bear City figures
These are San Bernardino County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Big Bear City measurements.
- Establishments in San Bernardino County42,571
- Employment at those establishments, San Bernardino County718,612
- Covered employment, San Bernardino County845,908
- Average annual pay, San Bernardino County$62,368
- Average weekly wage, San Bernardino County$1,199
- Housing units permitted, San Bernardino County6,226
- Of those, single family, San Bernardino County3,617
- County product, 2024, San Bernardino County$137,913,905,000
- County product change over the prior year, San Bernardino County6.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, San Bernardino County$60,991
Every figure in this section is published for San Bernardino County as a whole and is not a measurement of Big Bear City. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Big Bear City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Big Bear City, California?
11,431, in 5,261 households. Big Bear City CDP covers 32.01 square miles of land, which is 357 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Big Bear City in?
San Bernardino County, 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 Big Bear City?
$71,511. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $463,500. Median gross rent is $1,854 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Big Bear City businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $1.7 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $202,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Big Bear City, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Big Bear City borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Big Bear City. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Big Bear City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for San Bernardino County 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 Big Bear City.
Is zoning published for Big Bear City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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