Bear Grass vs Hamilton

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

Bear Grass and Hamilton are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hamilton has the higher population (183 vs 94 in Bear Grass). Bear Grass has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $40,781 in Hamilton). Bear Grass has the higher median home value ($98,200 vs $75,000 in Hamilton).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Grass	Hamilton
Population	94	183
Median age	31.3 yrs	61.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$40,781
Median home value	$98,200	$75,000
Median gross rent	$675	—
Housing units	39	151
Homeownership rate	76.9%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Grass	Hamilton
Population	89 → 94 (+5.6%)	275 → 183 (-33.5%)
Median household income	$48,958 → $58,125 (+18.7%)	$29,063 → $40,781 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$98,300 → $98,200 (-0.1%)	$57,700 → $75,000 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $675 (-2.5%)	$477 → $933 (+95.6%)

Bear Grass

Population

8994

Median household income

$48,958$58,125

Median home value

$98,300$98,200

Median gross rent

$692$675

Hamilton

Population

275183

Median household income

$29,063$40,781

Median home value

$57,700$75,000

Median gross rent

$477$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Grass	Hamilton
Under 5	23.4%	1.1%
5 to 17	9.6%	2.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	7.1%
45 to 54	14.9%	2.7%
55 to 64	3.2%	30.6%
65 to 74	5.3%	23.5%
75 and over	7.4%	22.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Grass	Hamilton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	27.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	70.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Grass	Hamilton
No high school diploma	1.7%	15.3%
High school graduate	11.9%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	62.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Grass	Hamilton
Drove alone	90.9%	93.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Grass	Hamilton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Bear Grass	Hamilton
Poverty rate	1.1%	13.7%
Average household size	2.41	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1963	1961