Bear Creek vs Snelling

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

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

Snelling has the higher population (265 vs 231 in Bear Creek). Since 2019, Snelling's population has grown faster (+122.7% vs +56.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Snelling
Population	231	265
Median age	32.4 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$48,125
Median home value	—	$256,800
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	39	139
Homeownership rate	64.1%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Snelling
Population	148 → 231 (+56.1%)	119 → 265 (+122.7%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $70,972 (+62.2%)	$48,889 → $48,125 (-1.6%)
Median home value	—	$190,800 → $256,800 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$844 → $950 (+12.6%)

Bear Creek

Population

148231

Median household income

$43,750$70,972

Snelling

Population

119265

Median household income

$48,889$48,125

Median home value

$190,800$256,800

Median gross rent

$844$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Snelling
Under 5	9.5%	12.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	3.9%	16.2%
25 to 34	50.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	7.4%	4.2%
45 to 54	3.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	14.0%
75 and over	4.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Snelling
White (non-Hispanic)	33.8%	55.5%
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%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	66.2%	39.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Snelling
No high school diploma	5.8%	20.8%
High school graduate	38.2%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	49.7%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Snelling
Drove alone	78.7%	89.5%
Carpooled	21.3%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Snelling
1-unit, detached	79.5%	74.1%
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%	25.9%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Snelling
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.2%
Average household size	5.92	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1978	1972