Bear vs Wilmington

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

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

Wilmington has the higher population (71,124 vs 22,604 in Bear). Bear has the higher median household income ($88,985 vs $55,269 in Wilmington). Bear has the higher median home value ($280,200 vs $224,500 in Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Bear	Wilmington
Population	22,604	71,124
Median age	39.4 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,985	$55,269
Median home value	$280,200	$224,500
Median gross rent	$1,676	$1,187
Housing units	9,341	35,772
Homeownership rate	64.3%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear	Wilmington
Population	20,850 → 22,604 (+8.4%)	70,644 → 71,124 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$72,192 → $88,985 (+23.3%)	$45,032 → $55,269 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$209,700 → $280,200 (+33.6%)	$168,000 → $224,500 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,391 → $1,676 (+20.5%)	$1,001 → $1,187 (+18.6%)

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

Wilmington

Population

70,64471,124

Median household income

$45,032$55,269

Median home value

$168,000$224,500

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,187

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear	Wilmington
Under 5	5.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.4%	17.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.5%
75 and over	4.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	29.6%
Black or African American	37.7%	51.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear	Wilmington
No high school diploma	14.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	30.8%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear	Wilmington
Drove alone	76.7%	62.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.1%
Public transit	1.5%	8.4%
Walked	0.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.5%	14.5%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	30.8%	9.3%
1-unit, attached	26.0%	53.9%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	5.4%
20 or more units	9.7%	18.9%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bear	Wilmington
Poverty rate	9.7%	23.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1996	1946