Bear vs Brookside

A side-by-side comparison of Bear and Brookside: population, income, housing, and more.

Bear and Brookside are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bear has the higher population (22,604 vs 15,262 in Brookside). Bear has the higher median household income ($88,985 vs $72,031 in Brookside). Bear has the higher median home value ($280,200 vs $264,800 in Brookside).

Population, income & housing

	Bear	Brookside
Population	22,604	15,262
Median age	39.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,985	$72,031
Median home value	$280,200	$264,800
Median gross rent	$1,676	$1,381
Housing units	9,341	5,975
Homeownership rate	64.3%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear	Brookside
Population	20,850 → 22,604 (+8.4%)	13,396 → 15,262 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$72,192 → $88,985 (+23.3%)	$58,555 → $72,031 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$209,700 → $280,200 (+33.6%)	$197,200 → $264,800 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,391 → $1,676 (+20.5%)	$1,260 → $1,381 (+9.6%)

Bear

Population

20,85022,604

Median household income

$72,192$88,985

Median home value

$209,700$280,200

Median gross rent

$1,391$1,676

Brookside

Population

13,39615,262

Median household income

$58,555$72,031

Median home value

$197,200$264,800

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,381

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear	Brookside
Under 5	5.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	16.4%	19.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.9%
75 and over	4.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear	Brookside
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	49.7%
Black or African American	37.7%	20.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.1%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear	Brookside
No high school diploma	14.3%	9.7%
High school graduate	30.8%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear	Brookside
Drove alone	76.7%	74.3%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.0%
Public transit	1.5%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.5%	12.7%
Other means	1.7%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear	Brookside
1-unit, detached	30.8%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	26.0%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	17.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bear	Brookside
Poverty rate	9.7%	15.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1996	1967