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Bear, Delaware: commercial real estate data.
Bear is a Census CDP of 22,370 people across 5.78 square miles of land, in New Castle County. Median household income is $91,687, 65.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 44 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $11.1 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Bear
What Bear is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area5.78 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,867
- County holding the largest share of its areaNew Castle 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.
Bear
How many people live in Bear
- Population22,370
- Median age37.9
- Population under 185,127
- Share under 1822.9 percent
- Population 65 and over3,339
- Share 65 and over14.9 percent
- Households8,746
- Family households5,276
- Share of households that are families60.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bear
Income and work in Bear
- Median household income$91,687
- Per capita income$41,884
- Civilian labor force12,846
- Employed12,090
- Unemployed756 plus or minus 318
- Unemployment rate5.9 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over15,704
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bear
Housing in Bear
- Housing units9,094
- Occupied units8,746
- Vacant units348 plus or minus 237
- Vacancy rate3.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Owner occupied5,694
- Renter occupied3,052
- Ownership rate65.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$304,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,771
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.2 percent
- Single family units5,419
- Share single family59.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,893 plus or minus 471
- Share in buildings of two or more20.8 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Mobile homes1,713 plus or minus 436
- Median year structure built1996
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bear
How Bear gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute10,079
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,591 plus or minus 430
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.8 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,888
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.7 percent
- Drove alone70.6 percent
- Carpooled11.8 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport1.1 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Walked0.4 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home15.1 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bear
SBA loans in Bear (7(a))
- Approvals44
- Gross approval$11,069,000
- Average approval$251,568
- Median approval$112,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$490,540
- Largest approval$2,270,000
- Jobs supported278
- Jobs per approval6.3
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Paid in full9
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more6.8 percent
- Share to franchises13.6 percent
- Distinct lenders14
- Distinct industries by NAICS32
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bear, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 10 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bear
SBA loans in Bear (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$3,464,000
- Average approval$1,732,000
- Median approval$1,732,000
- Largest approval$2,971,000
- Jobs supported61
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off1
- Median term270 months
- Distinct CDCs2
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bear, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
New Castle County, not Bear
New Castle County context, not Bear figures
- Establishments in New Castle County17,855
- Covered employment, New Castle County303,806
- Average annual pay, New Castle County$80,334
- Housing units permitted, New Castle County1,586
Every figure in this section is published for New Castle County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bear.
All New Castle County 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 questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bear, Delaware?
22,370, in 8,746 households. Bear CDP covers 5.78 square miles of land, which is 3,867 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bear in?
New Castle 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 Bear?
$91,687. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $304,800. Median gross rent is $1,771 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bear businesses?
44 7(a) approvals totaling $11.1 m since FY2020, across 14 lenders, median approval $112,500, plus 2 504 approvals worth $3.5 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bear, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bear borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bear. Only 10 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Bear figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for New Castle 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 Bear.
Is zoning published for Bear?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.