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Bear Creek, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Bear Creek is a Census village of 515 people across 1.14 square miles of land, in Hays County. Median household income is $121,000, 98.5 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 typevillage
- Land area1.14 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land451 plus or minus 128
- County holding the largest share of its areaHays 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.
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How many people live in Bear Creek
- Population515 plus or minus 146
- Median age47.1
- Population under 18130 plus or minus 42
- Share under 1825.2 percent
- Population 65 and over102 plus or minus 42
- Share 65 and over19.8 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Households204 plus or minus 66
- Family households164 plus or minus 62
- Share of households that are families80.4 percent
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$121,000 plus or minus $35,559
- Per capita income$65,070 plus or minus $14,920
- Civilian labor force262 plus or minus 87
- Employed251 plus or minus 82
- Unemployed11 plus or minus 12
- Unemployment rate4.2 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Adults 25 and over373 plus or minus 117
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.2 percent plus or minus 37.6
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher67.3 percent plus or minus 29.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree33.2 percent plus or minus 12.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Bear Creek
- Housing units209 plus or minus 67
- Occupied units204 plus or minus 66
- Vacant units5 plus or minus 7
- Vacancy rate2.4 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Owner occupied201 plus or minus 66
- Renter occupied3 plus or minus 5
- Ownership rate98.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$847,500
- Single family units209 plus or minus 64
- Share single family100.0 percent plus or minus 44.5
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1991
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 commute154 plus or minus 53
- Commuting under 15 minutes32 plus or minus 33
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.8 percent plus or minus 19.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more55 plus or minus 27
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.7 percent plus or minus 12.8
- Drove alone54.7 percent
- Carpooled3.4 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked5.5 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Worked from home34.7 percent plus or minus 16.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bear Creek
Flood risk in Bear Creek
- NFIP communityVillage of Bear Creek
- NFIP community number481679
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date01/17/25
The Village of Bear Creek participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 481679 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Hays County, not Bear Creek
Hays County context, not Bear Creek figures
- Establishments in Hays County5,891
- Covered employment, Hays County95,598
- Average annual pay, Hays County$54,838
- Housing units permitted, Hays County5,405
Every figure in this section is published for Hays County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bear Creek.
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.
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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, Texas?
515, in 204 households. Bear Creek village covers 1.14 square miles of land, which is 451 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?
Hays 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 Creek?
$121,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $847,500. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Bear Creek in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bear Creek appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Bear Creek, village of, community 481679, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
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 Hays 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 Creek.
Is zoning published for Bear Creek?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.