Bear Creek vs Belleair Beach

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

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

Bear Creek has the higher population (2,091 vs 1,506 in Belleair Beach). Belleair Beach has the higher median household income ($137,045 vs $66,780 in Bear Creek). Belleair Beach has the higher median home value ($987,000 vs $436,300 in Bear Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Belleair Beach
Population	2,091	1,506
Median age	53.7 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,780	$137,045
Median home value	$436,300	$987,000
Median gross rent	$1,777	$2,955
Housing units	1,321	1,152
Homeownership rate	64.8%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Belleair Beach
Population	1,709 → 2,091 (+22.4%)	1,485 → 1,506 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$64,491 → $66,780 (+3.5%)	$84,028 → $137,045 (+63.1%)
Median home value	$339,600 → $436,300 (+28.5%)	$593,800 → $987,000 (+66.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,290 → $1,777 (+37.8%)	$2,396 → $2,955 (+23.3%)

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

Belleair Beach

Population

1,4851,506

Median household income

$84,028$137,045

Median home value

$593,800$987,000

Median gross rent

$2,396$2,955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Belleair Beach
Under 5	1.8%	0.3%
5 to 17	4.2%	12.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	2.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	6.3%
35 to 44	16.4%	6.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	17.4%
55 to 64	21.3%	19.3%
65 to 74	12.0%	21.4%
75 and over	13.7%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Belleair Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Belleair Beach
No high school diploma	5.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	18.4%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Belleair Beach
Drove alone	78.2%	68.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.8%	28.2%
Other means	2.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Belleair Beach
1-unit, detached	49.2%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	9.6%
20 or more units	27.9%	20.3%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Belleair Beach
Poverty rate	15.3%	8.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1971	1976