Bear Creek vs Belleair Bluffs

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

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

Belleair Bluffs has the higher population (2,394 vs 2,091 in Bear Creek). Bear Creek has the higher median household income ($66,780 vs $55,688 in Belleair Bluffs). Bear Creek has the higher median home value ($436,300 vs $393,100 in Belleair Bluffs).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Belleair Bluffs
Population	2,091	2,394
Median age	53.7 yrs	61.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,780	$55,688
Median home value	$436,300	$393,100
Median gross rent	$1,777	$1,216
Housing units	1,321	1,445
Homeownership rate	64.8%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Belleair Bluffs
Population	1,709 → 2,091 (+22.4%)	2,329 → 2,394 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$64,491 → $66,780 (+3.5%)	$47,326 → $55,688 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$339,600 → $436,300 (+28.5%)	$224,400 → $393,100 (+75.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,290 → $1,777 (+37.8%)	$1,038 → $1,216 (+17.1%)

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 Bluffs

Population

2,3292,394

Median household income

$47,326$55,688

Median home value

$224,400$393,100

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Belleair Bluffs
Under 5	1.8%	0.8%
5 to 17	4.2%	9.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	3.7%
35 to 44	16.4%	6.2%
45 to 54	8.7%	15.4%
55 to 64	21.3%	24.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	22.3%
75 and over	13.7%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Belleair Bluffs
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Belleair Bluffs
No high school diploma	5.9%	8.5%
High school graduate	18.4%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Belleair Bluffs
Drove alone	78.2%	65.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.8%	14.9%
Other means	2.4%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Belleair Bluffs
1-unit, detached	49.2%	28.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	10.9%
20 or more units	27.9%	46.5%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Belleair Bluffs
Poverty rate	15.3%	9.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1971	1972