Bear Creek vs Winfield

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

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

Winfield has the higher population (4,982 vs 1,317 in Bear Creek). Winfield has the higher median household income ($71,078 vs $36,250 in Bear Creek). Winfield has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $95,300 in Bear Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Winfield
Population	1,317	4,982
Median age	41.3 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$71,078
Median home value	$95,300	$160,600
Median gross rent	$640	$694
Housing units	520	2,284
Homeownership rate	81.1%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Winfield
Population	1,205 → 1,317 (+9.3%)	4,539 → 4,982 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$33,462 → $36,250 (+8.3%)	$51,518 → $71,078 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$51,400 → $95,300 (+85.4%)	$126,400 → $160,600 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $640 (+12.7%)	$496 → $694 (+39.9%)

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

Winfield

Population

4,5394,982

Median household income

$51,518$71,078

Median home value

$126,400$160,600

Median gross rent

$496$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Winfield
Under 5	5.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	11.8%	2.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	17.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	11.6%
75 and over	3.0%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Winfield
No high school diploma	29.6%	9.9%
High school graduate	37.0%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Winfield
Drove alone	88.6%	91.8%
Carpooled	3.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	1.1%
Other means	2.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Winfield
1-unit, detached	58.3%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Winfield
Poverty rate	14.6%	10.6%
Average household size	2.89	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1977	1980