Bear Valley vs Wawona

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

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

Bear Valley has the higher population (239 vs 127 in Wawona). Wawona has the higher median home value ($739,600 vs $468,900 in Bear Valley). Since 2019, Bear Valley's population has grown faster (+21.3% vs -32.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Valley	Wawona
Population	239	127
Median age	46.8 yrs	67.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,320
Median home value	$468,900	$739,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,140
Housing units	117	310
Homeownership rate	83.5%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Valley	Wawona
Population	197 → 239 (+21.3%)	189 → 127 (-32.8%)
Median household income	$64,400 → $106,250 (+65.0%)	$38,036 → $70,320 (+84.9%)
Median home value	$275,000 → $468,900 (+70.5%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,092 → $1,140 (+4.4%)

Bear Valley

Population

197239

Median household income

$64,400$106,250

Median home value

$275,000$468,900

Wawona

Population

189127

Median household income

$38,036$70,320

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,140

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Valley	Wawona
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	33.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	24.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	26.4%	4.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	47.2%
75 and over	22.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Valley	Wawona
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Valley	Wawona
No high school diploma	23.4%	22.8%
High school graduate	12.6%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	43.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Valley	Wawona
Drove alone	59.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Valley	Wawona
1-unit, detached	93.2%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear Valley	Wawona
Poverty rate	16.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.19	1.15
Median year structure built	1999	1971