Bear vs Glasgow

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

Bear and Glasgow 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 16,095 in Glasgow). Glasgow has the higher median household income ($109,803 vs $88,985 in Bear). Glasgow has the higher median home value ($346,200 vs $280,200 in Bear).

Population, income & housing

	Bear	Glasgow
Population	22,604	16,095
Median age	39.4 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,985	$109,803
Median home value	$280,200	$346,200
Median gross rent	$1,676	$1,821
Housing units	9,341	5,760
Homeownership rate	64.3%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear	Glasgow
Population	20,850 → 22,604 (+8.4%)	14,359 → 16,095 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$72,192 → $88,985 (+23.3%)	$93,209 → $109,803 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$209,700 → $280,200 (+33.6%)	$274,000 → $346,200 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,391 → $1,676 (+20.5%)	$1,377 → $1,821 (+32.2%)

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

Glasgow

Population

14,35916,095

Median household income

$93,209$109,803

Median home value

$274,000$346,200

Median gross rent

$1,377$1,821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear	Glasgow
Under 5	5.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	16.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	16.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.9%
75 and over	4.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear	Glasgow
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	55.5%
Black or African American	37.7%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear	Glasgow
No high school diploma	14.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	30.8%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear	Glasgow
Drove alone	76.7%	78.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	5.2%
Public transit	1.5%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.5%	13.7%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear	Glasgow
1-unit, detached	30.8%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	26.0%	31.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	4.3%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bear	Glasgow
Poverty rate	9.7%	7.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1996	1993