Big Bear City vs Muscoy

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

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

Big Bear City has the higher population (12,493 vs 11,402 in Muscoy). Big Bear City has the higher median household income ($72,457 vs $57,726 in Muscoy). Big Bear City has the higher median home value ($427,700 vs $379,200 in Muscoy).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bear City	Muscoy
Population	12,493	11,402
Median age	44.3 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,457	$57,726
Median home value	$427,700	$379,200
Median gross rent	$1,454	$1,766
Housing units	12,489	2,615
Homeownership rate	71.9%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bear City	Muscoy
Population	13,463 → 12,493 (-7.2%)	12,562 → 11,402 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$51,875 → $72,457 (+39.7%)	$46,969 → $57,726 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$257,200 → $427,700 (+66.3%)	$251,400 → $379,200 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $1,454 (+30.6%)	$1,335 → $1,766 (+32.3%)

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

Muscoy

Population

12,56211,402

Median household income

$46,969$57,726

Median home value

$251,400$379,200

Median gross rent

$1,335$1,766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bear City	Muscoy
Under 5	7.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.2%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	13.4%
25 to 34	8.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	6.9%
75 and over	7.5%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bear City	Muscoy
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	4.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	23.6%	89.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bear City	Muscoy
No high school diploma	8.2%	47.6%
High school graduate	26.6%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bear City	Muscoy
Drove alone	72.3%	79.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	3.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	4.6%
Other means	1.1%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bear City	Muscoy
1-unit, detached	94.4%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Big Bear City	Muscoy
Poverty rate	15.3%	19.1%
Average household size	2.35	4.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1978	1958