Bear Creek vs Cressey

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

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

Cressey has the higher population (265 vs 231 in Bear Creek). Since 2019, Bear Creek's population has grown faster (+56.1% vs -22.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Cressey
Population	231	265
Median age	32.4 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$78,333
Median home value	—	$213,900
Median gross rent	—	$684
Housing units	39	82
Homeownership rate	64.1%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Cressey
Population	148 → 231 (+56.1%)	340 → 265 (-22.1%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $70,972 (+62.2%)	$44,000 → $78,333 (+78.0%)
Median home value	—	$223,700 → $213,900 (-4.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,063 → $684 (-35.7%)

Bear Creek

Population

148231

Median household income

$43,750$70,972

Cressey

Population

340265

Median household income

$44,000$78,333

Median home value

$223,700$213,900

Median gross rent

$1,063$684

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Cressey
Under 5	9.5%	9.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	5.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	14.3%
25 to 34	50.6%	5.7%
35 to 44	7.4%	3.8%
45 to 54	3.5%	15.8%
55 to 64	9.1%	18.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.8%
75 and over	4.3%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Cressey
White (non-Hispanic)	33.8%	57.7%
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%	2.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	66.2%	36.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Cressey
No high school diploma	5.8%	21.2%
High school graduate	38.2%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	49.7%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Cressey
Drove alone	78.7%	47.9%
Carpooled	21.3%	39.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Cressey
1-unit, detached	79.5%	95.1%
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	20.5%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Cressey
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.8%
Average household size	5.92	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1978	1960