Bear Creek vs Ninilchik

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

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

Bear Creek has the higher population (1,360 vs 1,009 in Ninilchik). Bear Creek has the higher median household income ($93,478 vs $53,125 in Ninilchik). Bear Creek has the higher median home value ($438,800 vs $251,600 in Ninilchik).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Ninilchik
Population	1,360	1,009
Median age	44.9 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,478	$53,125
Median home value	$438,800	$251,600
Median gross rent	$1,231	$922
Housing units	778	942
Homeownership rate	62.3%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.8%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Ninilchik
Population	1,178 → 1,360 (+15.4%)	836 → 1,009 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$62,543 → $93,478 (+49.5%)	$51,071 → $53,125 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$200,200 → $438,800 (+119.2%)	$220,700 → $251,600 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $1,231 (+31.4%)	$592 → $922 (+55.7%)

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

Ninilchik

Population

8361,009

Median household income

$51,071$53,125

Median home value

$220,700$251,600

Median gross rent

$592$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Ninilchik
Under 5	4.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	22.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	7.0%
45 to 54	18.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	21.2%	21.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	16.1%
75 and over	0.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Ninilchik
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	9.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	10.9%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Ninilchik
No high school diploma	2.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	11.9%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.6%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Ninilchik
Drove alone	79.3%	83.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Ninilchik
1-unit, detached	77.4%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Ninilchik
Poverty rate	3.3%	16.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	12	26
Median year structure built	1990	1994