Bear Creek vs Hamilton

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

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

Hamilton has the higher population (6,907 vs 1,317 in Bear Creek). Hamilton has the higher median household income ($53,714 vs $36,250 in Bear Creek). Hamilton has the higher median home value ($103,500 vs $95,300 in Bear Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Hamilton
Population	1,317	6,907
Median age	41.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$53,714
Median home value	$95,300	$103,500
Median gross rent	$640	$544
Housing units	520	3,213
Homeownership rate	81.1%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Hamilton
Population	1,205 → 1,317 (+9.3%)	6,682 → 6,907 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$33,462 → $36,250 (+8.3%)	$39,357 → $53,714 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$51,400 → $95,300 (+85.4%)	$106,700 → $103,500 (-3.0%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $640 (+12.7%)	$515 → $544 (+5.6%)

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

Hamilton

Population

6,6826,907

Median household income

$39,357$53,714

Median home value

$106,700$103,500

Median gross rent

$515$544

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Hamilton
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.4%
35 to 44	17.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.3%
75 and over	3.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Hamilton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Hamilton
No high school diploma	29.6%	16.2%
High school graduate	37.0%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Hamilton
Drove alone	88.6%	88.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	6.5%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Hamilton
1-unit, detached	58.3%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Hamilton
Poverty rate	14.6%	18.6%
Average household size	2.89	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1977	1977