Bear Valley vs Markleeville

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

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

Markleeville has the higher population (178 vs 80 in Bear Valley). Bear Valley has the higher median household income ($104,205 vs $97,321 in Markleeville). Since 2019, Bear Valley's population has grown faster (+35.6% vs +34.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Valley	Markleeville
Population	80	178
Median age	58.3 yrs	64.1 yrs
Median household income	$104,205	$97,321
Median home value	—	$464,000
Housing units	448	181
Homeownership rate	68.3%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.6%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Valley	Markleeville
Population	59 → 80 (+35.6%)	132 → 178 (+34.8%)
Median household income	$187,604 → $104,205 (-44.5%)	$89,688 → $97,321 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$440,000 → $875,000 (+98.9%)	$340,000 → $464,000 (+36.5%)

Bear Valley

Population

5980

Median household income

$187,604$104,205

Median home value

$440,000$875,000

Markleeville

Population

132178

Median household income

$89,688$97,321

Median home value

$340,000$464,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Valley	Markleeville
Under 5	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	23.8%	9.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	17.4%
45 to 54	21.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	28.7%	27.5%
65 to 74	26.3%	32.6%
75 and over	0.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Valley	Markleeville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	68.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	31.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Valley	Markleeville
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	67.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Valley	Markleeville
Drove alone	34.4%	74.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	27.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	25.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Valley	Markleeville
1-unit, detached	69.6%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear Valley	Markleeville
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.5%
Average household size	1.95	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1977	1973