Bear Creek vs Hackleburg

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

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

Hackleburg has the higher population (1,642 vs 1,317 in Bear Creek). Hackleburg has the higher median household income ($43,854 vs $36,250 in Bear Creek). Hackleburg has the higher median home value ($97,300 vs $95,300 in Bear Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Hackleburg
Population	1,317	1,642
Median age	41.3 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$43,854
Median home value	$95,300	$97,300
Median gross rent	$640	$575
Housing units	520	757
Homeownership rate	81.1%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Hackleburg
Population	1,205 → 1,317 (+9.3%)	1,307 → 1,642 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$33,462 → $36,250 (+8.3%)	$32,917 → $43,854 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$51,400 → $95,300 (+85.4%)	$85,300 → $97,300 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $640 (+12.7%)	$542 → $575 (+6.1%)

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

Hackleburg

Population

1,3071,642

Median household income

$32,917$43,854

Median home value

$85,300$97,300

Median gross rent

$542$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Hackleburg
Under 5	5.1%	14.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.2%
18 to 24	11.8%	13.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	17.8%	7.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	5.4%
75 and over	3.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Hackleburg
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Hackleburg
No high school diploma	29.6%	17.7%
High school graduate	37.0%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Hackleburg
Drove alone	88.6%	84.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	1.9%
Other means	2.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Hackleburg
1-unit, detached	58.3%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Hackleburg
Poverty rate	14.6%	27.6%
Average household size	2.89	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1977	1993