Big Bear City vs Grand Terrace

A side-by-side comparison of Big Bear City and Grand Terrace: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grand Terrace has the higher population (13,069 vs 12,493 in Big Bear City). Grand Terrace has the higher median household income ($83,668 vs $72,457 in Big Bear City). Grand Terrace has the higher median home value ($465,800 vs $427,700 in Big Bear City).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bear City	Grand Terrace
Population	12,493	13,069
Median age	44.3 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,457	$83,668
Median home value	$427,700	$465,800
Median gross rent	$1,454	$1,782
Housing units	12,489	4,883
Homeownership rate	71.9%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bear City	Grand Terrace
Population	13,463 → 12,493 (-7.2%)	12,510 → 13,069 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$51,875 → $72,457 (+39.7%)	$71,788 → $83,668 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$257,200 → $427,700 (+66.3%)	$324,400 → $465,800 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $1,454 (+30.6%)	$1,405 → $1,782 (+26.8%)

Big Bear City

Population

13,46312,493

Median household income

$51,875$72,457

Median home value

$257,200$427,700

Median gross rent

$1,113$1,454

Grand Terrace

Population

12,51013,069

Median household income

$71,788$83,668

Median home value

$324,400$465,800

Median gross rent

$1,405$1,782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bear City	Grand Terrace
Under 5	7.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.9%	16.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	17.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.0%
75 and over	7.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bear City	Grand Terrace
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	32.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	1.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	23.6%	53.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bear City	Grand Terrace
No high school diploma	8.2%	13.0%
High school graduate	26.6%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bear City	Grand Terrace
Drove alone	72.3%	77.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	8.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bear City	Grand Terrace
1-unit, detached	94.4%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.2%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Big Bear City	Grand Terrace
Poverty rate	15.3%	7.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1978	1976