Bear Creek vs Guin

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

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

Guin has the higher population (2,469 vs 1,317 in Bear Creek). Guin has the higher median household income ($47,358 vs $36,250 in Bear Creek). Guin has the higher median home value ($111,400 vs $95,300 in Bear Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Guin
Population	1,317	2,469
Median age	41.3 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$47,358
Median home value	$95,300	$111,400
Median gross rent	$640	—
Housing units	520	1,041
Homeownership rate	81.1%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	19.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Guin
Population	1,205 → 1,317 (+9.3%)	2,684 → 2,469 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$33,462 → $36,250 (+8.3%)	$24,444 → $47,358 (+93.7%)
Median home value	$51,400 → $95,300 (+85.4%)	$92,200 → $111,400 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $640 (+12.7%)	$338 → $612 (+81.1%)

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

Guin

Population

2,6842,469

Median household income

$24,444$47,358

Median home value

$92,200$111,400

Median gross rent

$338$612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Guin
Under 5	5.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	11.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	17.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.4%
75 and over	3.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Guin
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Guin
No high school diploma	29.6%	11.2%
High school graduate	37.0%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Guin
Drove alone	88.6%	88.0%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.7%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Guin
1-unit, detached	58.3%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Guin
Poverty rate	14.6%	14.9%
Average household size	2.89	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1977	1976