Downieville-Lawson-Dumont vs Upper Bear Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Downieville-Lawson-Dumont and Upper Bear Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Downieville-Lawson-Dumont and Upper Bear Creek are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Upper Bear Creek has the higher population (980 vs 478 in Downieville-Lawson-Dumont). Upper Bear Creek has the higher median household income ($185,574 vs $68,214 in Downieville-Lawson-Dumont). Upper Bear Creek has the higher median home value ($1,026,900 vs $366,000 in Downieville-Lawson-Dumont).

Population, income & housing

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Bear Creek
Population	478	980
Median age	55.3 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,214	$185,574
Median home value	$366,000	$1,026,900
Housing units	216	534
Homeownership rate	93.1%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	63.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Bear Creek
Population	543 → 478 (-12.0%)	925 → 980 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$46,010 → $68,214 (+48.3%)	$116,536 → $185,574 (+59.2%)
Median home value	$240,500 → $366,000 (+52.2%)	$630,900 → $1,026,900 (+62.8%)

Downieville-Lawson-Dumont

Population

543478

Median household income

$46,010$68,214

Median home value

$240,500$366,000

Upper Bear Creek

Population

925980

Median household income

$116,536$185,574

Median home value

$630,900$1,026,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Bear Creek
Under 5	4.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	7.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.5%
35 to 44	16.5%	3.0%
45 to 54	27.6%	20.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	20.1%
65 to 74	24.9%	16.7%
75 and over	11.3%	19.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Bear Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	63.4%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	33.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Bear Creek
No high school diploma	7.6%	2.4%
High school graduate	39.7%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Bear Creek
Drove alone	81.1%	62.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	28.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Bear Creek
1-unit, detached	71.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	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	21.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Bear Creek
Poverty rate	4.6%	1.0%
Average household size	2.21	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1976	1990