Bear Creek vs Gu-Win

A side-by-side comparison of Bear Creek and Gu-Win: population, income, housing, and more.

Bear Creek and Gu-Win are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bear Creek has the higher population (1,317 vs 130 in Gu-Win). Gu-Win has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $36,250 in Bear Creek). Gu-Win has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $95,300 in Bear Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Gu-Win
Population	1,317	130
Median age	41.3 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$41,250
Median home value	$95,300	$162,500
Median gross rent	$640	—
Housing units	520	57
Homeownership rate	81.1%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Gu-Win
Population	1,205 → 1,317 (+9.3%)	123 → 130 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$33,462 → $36,250 (+8.3%)	$30,000 → $41,250 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$51,400 → $95,300 (+85.4%)	$86,700 → $162,500 (+87.4%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $640 (+12.7%)	—

Bear Creek

Population

1,2051,317

Median household income

$33,462$36,250

Median home value

$51,400$95,300

Median gross rent

$568$640

Gu-Win

Population

123130

Median household income

$30,000$41,250

Median home value

$86,700$162,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Gu-Win
Under 5	5.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	6.9%
18 to 24	11.8%	36.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	3.8%
35 to 44	17.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.0%
75 and over	3.0%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Gu-Win
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	60.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	33.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Gu-Win
No high school diploma	29.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	37.0%	64.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Gu-Win
Drove alone	88.6%	33.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	62.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Gu-Win
1-unit, detached	58.3%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	35.1%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Gu-Win
Poverty rate	14.6%	11.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1977	1992