Idaho Springs vs Upper Bear Creek

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

Idaho Springs 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.

Idaho Springs has the higher population (1,968 vs 980 in Upper Bear Creek). Upper Bear Creek has the higher median household income ($185,574 vs $85,450 in Idaho Springs). Upper Bear Creek has the higher median home value ($1,026,900 vs $434,900 in Idaho Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Idaho Springs	Upper Bear Creek
Population	1,968	980
Median age	39.8 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$85,450	$185,574
Median home value	$434,900	$1,026,900
Median gross rent	$1,175	—
Housing units	832	534
Homeownership rate	68.9%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	63.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Idaho Springs	Upper Bear Creek
Population	1,858 → 1,968 (+5.9%)	925 → 980 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$43,886 → $85,450 (+94.7%)	$116,536 → $185,574 (+59.2%)
Median home value	$250,500 → $434,900 (+73.6%)	$630,900 → $1,026,900 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$948 → $1,175 (+23.9%)	—

Idaho Springs

Population

1,8581,968

Median household income

$43,886$85,450

Median home value

$250,500$434,900

Median gross rent

$948$1,175

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)

	Idaho Springs	Upper Bear Creek
Under 5	3.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	7.2%
18 to 24	12.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	4.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	3.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	20.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	20.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	16.7%
75 and over	7.6%	19.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Idaho Springs	Upper Bear Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	2.3%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Idaho Springs	Upper Bear Creek
No high school diploma	7.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	18.0%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Idaho Springs	Upper Bear Creek
Drove alone	45.4%	62.3%
Carpooled	11.3%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.5%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	28.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Idaho Springs	Upper Bear Creek
1-unit, detached	64.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Idaho Springs	Upper Bear Creek
Poverty rate	11.1%	1.0%
Average household size	2.57	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1938	1990