Bear Creek vs Twin

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

Bear Creek and Twin 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 366 in Twin). Twin has the higher median household income ($58,333 vs $36,250 in Bear Creek). Bear Creek has the higher median home value ($95,300 vs $95,000 in Twin).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Twin
Population	1,317	366
Median age	41.3 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$58,333
Median home value	$95,300	$95,000
Median gross rent	$640	—
Housing units	520	225
Homeownership rate	81.1%	97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Twin
Population	1,205 → 1,317 (+9.3%)	387 → 366 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$33,462 → $36,250 (+8.3%)	$55,000 → $58,333 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$51,400 → $95,300 (+85.4%)	$85,400 → $95,000 (+11.2%)
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

Twin

Population

387366

Median household income

$55,000$58,333

Median home value

$85,400$95,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Twin
Under 5	5.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	10.4%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	15.3%
35 to 44	17.8%	6.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	26.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	8.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.8%
75 and over	3.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Twin
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Twin
No high school diploma	29.6%	9.4%
High school graduate	37.0%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Twin
Drove alone	88.6%	92.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.6%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Twin
1-unit, detached	58.3%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Twin
Poverty rate	14.6%	12.6%
Average household size	2.89	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1977	1975