Bear vs Hockessin

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

Bear and Hockessin 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 13,608 in Hockessin). Hockessin has the higher median household income ($172,695 vs $88,985 in Bear). Hockessin has the higher median home value ($550,200 vs $280,200 in Bear).

Population, income & housing

	Bear	Hockessin
Population	22,604	13,608
Median age	39.4 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,985	$172,695
Median home value	$280,200	$550,200
Median gross rent	$1,676	$2,980
Housing units	9,341	4,976
Homeownership rate	64.3%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear	Hockessin
Population	20,850 → 22,604 (+8.4%)	13,157 → 13,608 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$72,192 → $88,985 (+23.3%)	$128,412 → $172,695 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$209,700 → $280,200 (+33.6%)	$441,200 → $550,200 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,391 → $1,676 (+20.5%)	$1,785 → $2,980 (+66.9%)

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

Hockessin

Population

13,15713,608

Median household income

$128,412$172,695

Median home value

$441,200$550,200

Median gross rent

$1,785$2,980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear	Hockessin
Under 5	5.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	16.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	13.4%
75 and over	4.5%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear	Hockessin
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	80.5%
Black or African American	37.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear	Hockessin
No high school diploma	14.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	30.8%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	31.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear	Hockessin
Drove alone	76.7%	70.3%
Carpooled	10.5%	3.5%
Public transit	1.5%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	22.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear	Hockessin
1-unit, detached	30.8%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	26.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bear	Hockessin
Poverty rate	9.7%	1.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1996	1980