Bear vs Newark

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

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

Newark has the higher population (30,309 vs 22,604 in Bear). Bear has the higher median household income ($88,985 vs $71,373 in Newark). Newark has the higher median home value ($357,600 vs $280,200 in Bear).

Population, income & housing

	Bear	Newark
Population	22,604	30,309
Median age	39.4 yrs	22.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,985	$71,373
Median home value	$280,200	$357,600
Median gross rent	$1,676	$1,611
Housing units	9,341	10,002
Homeownership rate	64.3%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear	Newark
Population	20,850 → 22,604 (+8.4%)	33,448 → 30,309 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$72,192 → $88,985 (+23.3%)	$58,434 → $71,373 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$209,700 → $280,200 (+33.6%)	$277,800 → $357,600 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,391 → $1,676 (+20.5%)	$1,308 → $1,611 (+23.2%)

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

Newark

Population

33,44830,309

Median household income

$58,434$71,373

Median home value

$277,800$357,600

Median gross rent

$1,308$1,611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear	Newark
Under 5	5.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	9.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	45.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	7.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	6.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	6.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.3%
75 and over	4.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear	Newark
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	65.9%
Black or African American	37.7%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.1%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear	Newark
No high school diploma	14.3%	3.1%
High school graduate	30.8%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear	Newark
Drove alone	76.7%	58.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.5%
Public transit	1.5%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	13.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	2.1%
Worked from home	9.5%	17.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear	Newark
1-unit, detached	30.8%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	26.0%	15.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	20.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	17.6%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear	Newark
Poverty rate	9.7%	27.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1996	1977