Bear Creek vs Seward

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

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

Seward has the higher population (2,735 vs 1,360 in Bear Creek). Bear Creek has the higher median household income ($93,478 vs $71,016 in Seward). Bear Creek has the higher median home value ($438,800 vs $290,300 in Seward).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Seward
Population	1,360	2,735
Median age	44.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,478	$71,016
Median home value	$438,800	$290,300
Median gross rent	$1,231	$1,109
Housing units	778	1,196
Homeownership rate	62.3%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.8%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Seward
Population	1,178 → 1,360 (+15.4%)	2,773 → 2,735 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$62,543 → $93,478 (+49.5%)	$73,611 → $71,016 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$200,200 → $438,800 (+119.2%)	$243,500 → $290,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $1,231 (+31.4%)	$983 → $1,109 (+12.8%)

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

Seward

Population

2,7732,735

Median household income

$73,611$71,016

Median home value

$243,500$290,300

Median gross rent

$983$1,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Seward
Under 5	4.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	18.4%
35 to 44	8.5%	16.2%
45 to 54	18.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	21.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.8%
75 and over	0.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Seward
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	13.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Seward
No high school diploma	2.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	11.9%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.6%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Seward
Drove alone	79.3%	51.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	17.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.4%
Worked from home	6.1%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Seward
1-unit, detached	77.4%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Seward
Poverty rate	3.3%	10.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	12	13
Median year structure built	1990	1982