Bear Valley vs El Portal

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

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

El Portal has the higher population (502 vs 239 in Bear Valley). Bear Valley has the higher median home value ($468,900 vs $257,700 in El Portal). Since 2019, El Portal's population has grown faster (+128.2% vs +21.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Valley	El Portal
Population	239	502
Median age	46.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,509
Median home value	$468,900	$257,700
Median gross rent	—	$712
Housing units	117	350
Homeownership rate	83.5%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	70.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Valley	El Portal
Population	197 → 239 (+21.3%)	220 → 502 (+128.2%)
Median household income	$64,400 → $106,250 (+65.0%)	$44,821 → $53,509 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$275,000 → $468,900 (+70.5%)	$227,700 → $257,700 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$660 → $712 (+7.9%)

Bear Valley

Population

197239

Median household income

$64,400$106,250

Median home value

$275,000$468,900

El Portal

Population

220502

Median household income

$44,821$53,509

Median home value

$227,700$257,700

Median gross rent

$660$712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Valley	El Portal
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.8%	24.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.0%
45 to 54	24.7%	22.5%
55 to 64	26.4%	17.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	3.0%
75 and over	22.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Valley	El Portal
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
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%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Valley	El Portal
No high school diploma	23.4%	9.7%
High school graduate	12.6%	9.1%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	44.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Valley	El Portal
Drove alone	59.6%	67.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.4%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Valley	El Portal
1-unit, detached	93.2%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	28.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Bear Valley	El Portal
Poverty rate	16.7%	4.0%
Average household size	2.19	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1999	1960