Ballico vs Bear Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Ballico and Bear Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ballico has the higher population (538 vs 231 in Bear Creek). Since 2019, Bear Creek's population has grown faster (+56.1% vs +0.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Ballico	Bear Creek
Population	538	231
Median age	40.7 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$163,500	—
Median home value	$502,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,115	—
Housing units	168	39
Homeownership rate	74.4%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	24.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballico	Bear Creek
Population	538 → 538 (+0.0%)	148 → 231 (+56.1%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $163,500 (+161.6%)	$43,750 → $70,972 (+62.2%)
Median home value	$236,700 → $502,400 (+112.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,115 (+12.4%)	—

Ballico

Population

538538

Median household income

$62,500$163,500

Median home value

$236,700$502,400

Median gross rent

$992$1,115

Bear Creek

Population

148231

Median household income

$43,750$70,972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballico	Bear Creek
Under 5	8.6%	9.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	11.7%
18 to 24	18.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	0.7%	50.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	7.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	3.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	9.1%
65 to 74	4.8%	0.0%
75 and over	4.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballico	Bear Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	52.2%	33.8%
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	47.8%	66.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballico	Bear Creek
No high school diploma	13.8%	5.8%
High school graduate	35.7%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	49.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballico	Bear Creek
Drove alone	71.3%	78.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	21.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	0.0%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballico	Bear Creek
1-unit, detached	86.9%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	13.1%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Ballico	Bear Creek
Poverty rate	15.6%	0.0%
Average household size	3.36	5.92
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1971	1978