Bear Creek vs Cohoe

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

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

Cohoe has the higher population (1,619 vs 1,360 in Bear Creek). Bear Creek has the higher median household income ($93,478 vs $59,000 in Cohoe). Bear Creek has the higher median home value ($438,800 vs $228,600 in Cohoe).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Cohoe
Population	1,360	1,619
Median age	44.9 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,478	$59,000
Median home value	$438,800	$228,600
Median gross rent	$1,231	—
Housing units	778	1,020
Homeownership rate	62.3%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.8%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Cohoe
Population	1,178 → 1,360 (+15.4%)	1,223 → 1,619 (+32.4%)
Median household income	$62,543 → $93,478 (+49.5%)	$69,219 → $59,000 (-14.8%)
Median home value	$200,200 → $438,800 (+119.2%)	$209,700 → $228,600 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $1,231 (+31.4%)	$708 → $850 (+20.1%)

Bear Creek

Population

1,1781,360

Median household income

$62,543$93,478

Median home value

$200,200$438,800

Median gross rent

$937$1,231

Cohoe

Population

1,2231,619

Median household income

$69,219$59,000

Median home value

$209,700$228,600

Median gross rent

$708$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Cohoe
Under 5	4.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	22.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.4%	7.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	18.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	21.2%	20.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.6%
75 and over	0.0%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Cohoe
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	73.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	10.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	10.9%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Cohoe
No high school diploma	2.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	11.9%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.6%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Cohoe
Drove alone	79.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Cohoe
1-unit, detached	77.4%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Cohoe
Poverty rate	3.3%	18.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	12	32
Median year structure built	1990	1996