Bay Pines vs Bear Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Bay Pines and Bear Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay Pines and Bear Creek are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bay Pines has the higher population (2,700 vs 2,091 in Bear Creek). Bay Pines has the higher median household income ($67,012 vs $66,780 in Bear Creek). Bear Creek has the higher median home value ($436,300 vs $248,400 in Bay Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Pines	Bear Creek
Population	2,700	2,091
Median age	62.6 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,012	$66,780
Median home value	$248,400	$436,300
Median gross rent	$1,219	$1,777
Housing units	1,576	1,321
Homeownership rate	91.0%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	52.3%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Pines	Bear Creek
Population	3,238 → 2,700 (-16.6%)	1,709 → 2,091 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$55,741 → $67,012 (+20.2%)	$64,491 → $66,780 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$201,800 → $248,400 (+23.1%)	$339,600 → $436,300 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,178 → $1,219 (+3.5%)	$1,290 → $1,777 (+37.8%)

Bay Pines

Population

3,2382,700

Median household income

$55,741$67,012

Median home value

$201,800$248,400

Median gross rent

$1,178$1,219

Bear Creek

Population

1,7092,091

Median household income

$64,491$66,780

Median home value

$339,600$436,300

Median gross rent

$1,290$1,777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Pines	Bear Creek
Under 5	0.4%	1.8%
5 to 17	5.2%	4.2%
18 to 24	3.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	5.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	6.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	18.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	20.9%	21.3%
65 to 74	20.6%	12.0%
75 and over	19.7%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Pines	Bear Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	90.2%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Pines	Bear Creek
No high school diploma	1.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	24.4%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Pines	Bear Creek
Drove alone	74.7%	78.2%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Pines	Bear Creek
1-unit, detached	61.9%	49.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.1%
20 or more units	22.4%	27.9%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Bay Pines	Bear Creek
Poverty rate	12.0%	15.3%
Average household size	1.95	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1970	1971