Bear Valley vs Bootjack

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

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

Bootjack has the higher population (435 vs 239 in Bear Valley). Bear Valley has the higher median home value ($468,900 vs $403,300 in Bootjack). Since 2019, Bear Valley's population has grown faster (+21.3% vs -41.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Valley	Bootjack
Population	239	435
Median age	46.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$77,589
Median home value	$468,900	$403,300
Housing units	117	229
Homeownership rate	83.5%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Valley	Bootjack
Population	197 → 239 (+21.3%)	743 → 435 (-41.5%)
Median household income	$64,400 → $106,250 (+65.0%)	$45,606 → $77,589 (+70.1%)
Median home value	$275,000 → $468,900 (+70.5%)	$266,000 → $403,300 (+51.6%)

Bear Valley

Population

197239

Median household income

$64,400$106,250

Median home value

$275,000$468,900

Bootjack

Population

743435

Median household income

$45,606$77,589

Median home value

$266,000$403,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Valley	Bootjack
Under 5	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	26.8%	24.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	24.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	26.4%	25.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.0%
75 and over	22.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Valley	Bootjack
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.4%	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	28.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Valley	Bootjack
No high school diploma	23.4%	9.7%
High school graduate	12.6%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Valley	Bootjack
Drove alone	59.6%	42.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	31.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.4%	19.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Valley	Bootjack
1-unit, detached	93.2%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	25.8%

Poverty & households

	Bear Valley	Bootjack
Poverty rate	16.7%	10.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1999	1988