Upper Bear Creek vs Upper Witter Gulch

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

Upper Bear Creek and Upper Witter Gulch 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 588 in Upper Witter Gulch). Upper Witter Gulch has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $185,574 in Upper Bear Creek). Upper Bear Creek has the higher median home value ($1,026,900 vs $834,200 in Upper Witter Gulch).

Population, income & housing

	Upper Bear Creek	Upper Witter Gulch
Population	980	588
Median age	60.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$185,574	$250,001
Median home value	$1,026,900	$834,200
Housing units	534	288
Homeownership rate	87.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.6%	90.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Upper Bear Creek	Upper Witter Gulch
Population	925 → 980 (+5.9%)	725 → 588 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$116,536 → $185,574 (+59.2%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$630,900 → $1,026,900 (+62.8%)	$649,200 → $834,200 (+28.5%)

Upper Bear Creek

Population

925980

Median household income

$116,536$185,574

Median home value

$630,900$1,026,900

Upper Witter Gulch

Population

725588

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$649,200$834,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Upper Bear Creek	Upper Witter Gulch
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.5%	18.0%
35 to 44	3.0%	24.7%
45 to 54	20.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	20.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	16.7%	16.5%
75 and over	19.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Upper Bear Creek	Upper Witter Gulch
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	96.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Upper Bear Creek	Upper Witter Gulch
No high school diploma	2.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	18.3%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	44.9%
Graduate or professional degree	34.6%	45.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Upper Bear Creek	Upper Witter Gulch
Drove alone	62.3%	59.6%
Carpooled	4.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.4%	40.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Upper Bear Creek	Upper Witter Gulch
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Upper Bear Creek	Upper Witter Gulch
Poverty rate	1.0%	4.1%
Average household size	1.84	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1990	1988