Bear Creek vs Salamatof

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

Bear Creek and Salamatof 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 1,201 in Salamatof). Bear Creek has the higher median household income ($93,478 vs $73,750 in Salamatof). Bear Creek has the higher median home value ($438,800 vs $318,000 in Salamatof).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Salamatof
Population	1,360	1,201
Median age	44.9 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,478	$73,750
Median home value	$438,800	$318,000
Median gross rent	$1,231	$680
Housing units	778	388
Homeownership rate	62.3%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.8%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	29.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Salamatof
Population	1,178 → 1,360 (+15.4%)	992 → 1,201 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$62,543 → $93,478 (+49.5%)	$61,250 → $73,750 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$200,200 → $438,800 (+119.2%)	$229,800 → $318,000 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $1,231 (+31.4%)	$875 → $680 (-22.3%)

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

Salamatof

Population

9921,201

Median household income

$61,250$73,750

Median home value

$229,800$318,000

Median gross rent

$875$680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Salamatof
Under 5	4.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	22.4%	8.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	16.2%
25 to 34	15.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	18.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	21.2%	16.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.4%
75 and over	0.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Salamatof
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	70.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	12.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	10.9%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Salamatof
No high school diploma	2.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	11.9%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	36.6%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Salamatof
Drove alone	79.3%	60.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	16.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Salamatof
1-unit, detached	77.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Salamatof
Poverty rate	3.3%	11.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	12	40
Median year structure built	1990	1984