Bear Creek vs Indian Shores

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

Bear Creek and Indian Shores 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 1,204 in Indian Shores). Indian Shores has the higher median household income ($102,250 vs $66,780 in Bear Creek). Indian Shores has the higher median home value ($627,100 vs $436,300 in Bear Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Indian Shores
Population	2,091	1,204
Median age	53.7 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,780	$102,250
Median home value	$436,300	$627,100
Median gross rent	$1,777	$2,404
Housing units	1,321	2,544
Homeownership rate	64.8%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Indian Shores
Population	1,709 → 2,091 (+22.4%)	1,189 → 1,204 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$64,491 → $66,780 (+3.5%)	$74,038 → $102,250 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$339,600 → $436,300 (+28.5%)	$439,000 → $627,100 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,290 → $1,777 (+37.8%)	$1,962 → $2,404 (+22.5%)

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

Indian Shores

Population

1,1891,204

Median household income

$74,038$102,250

Median home value

$439,000$627,100

Median gross rent

$1,962$2,404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Indian Shores
Under 5	1.8%	1.1%
5 to 17	4.2%	7.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	2.1%
35 to 44	16.4%	4.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	17.0%
55 to 64	21.3%	18.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	22.3%
75 and over	13.7%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Indian Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Indian Shores
No high school diploma	5.9%	1.6%
High school graduate	18.4%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Indian Shores
Drove alone	78.2%	65.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	26.4%
Other means	2.4%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Indian Shores
1-unit, detached	49.2%	6.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	22.8%
20 or more units	27.9%	59.2%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Indian Shores
Poverty rate	15.3%	11.1%
Average household size	2.15	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1971	1980