Bear Valley vs Kirkwood

A side-by-side comparison of Bear Valley and Kirkwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Bear Valley and Kirkwood are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kirkwood has the higher population (406 vs 80 in Bear Valley). Kirkwood has the higher median household income ($145,341 vs $104,205 in Bear Valley). Since 2019, Kirkwood's population has grown faster (+407.5% vs +35.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Valley	Kirkwood
Population	80	406
Median age	58.3 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$104,205	$145,341
Median home value	—	$568,200
Housing units	448	677
Homeownership rate	68.3%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.6%	83.3%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Valley	Kirkwood
Population	59 → 80 (+35.6%)	80 → 406 (+407.5%)
Median household income	$187,604 → $104,205 (-44.5%)	$80,227 → $145,341 (+81.2%)
Median home value	$440,000 → $875,000 (+98.9%)	$659,100 → $568,200 (-13.8%)

Bear Valley

Population

5980

Median household income

$187,604$104,205

Median home value

$440,000$875,000

Kirkwood

Population

80406

Median household income

$80,227$145,341

Median home value

$659,100$568,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Valley	Kirkwood
Under 5	0.0%	21.7%
5 to 17	23.8%	7.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	18.0%
45 to 54	21.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	28.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	26.3%	14.3%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Valley	Kirkwood
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	26.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Valley	Kirkwood
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	67.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	61.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Valley	Kirkwood
Drove alone	34.4%	23.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	26.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	21.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	27.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	49.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Valley	Kirkwood
1-unit, detached	69.6%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	20.5%
20 or more units	3.6%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Bear Valley	Kirkwood
Poverty rate	0.0%	17.7%
Average household size	1.95	2.86
Median year structure built	1977	1990