Bear Grass vs Hassell

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

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

Bear Grass has the higher population (94 vs 49 in Hassell). Bear Grass has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $21,058 in Hassell). Since 2019, Hassell's population has grown faster (+206.3% vs +5.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Grass	Hassell
Population	94	49
Median age	31.3 yrs	71.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$21,058
Median home value	$98,200	—
Median gross rent	$675	$688
Housing units	39	36
Homeownership rate	76.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Grass	Hassell
Population	89 → 94 (+5.6%)	16 → 49 (+206.3%)
Median household income	$48,958 → $58,125 (+18.7%)	$16,250 → $21,058 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$98,300 → $98,200 (-0.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$692 → $675 (-2.5%)	$580 → $688 (+18.6%)

Bear Grass

Population

8994

Median household income

$48,958$58,125

Median home value

$98,300$98,200

Median gross rent

$692$675

Hassell

Population

1649

Median household income

$16,250$21,058

Median gross rent

$580$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Grass	Hassell
Under 5	23.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	4.3%	2.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	3.2%	6.1%
65 to 74	5.3%	61.2%
75 and over	7.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Grass	Hassell
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	6.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	85.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Grass	Hassell
No high school diploma	1.7%	57.5%
High school graduate	11.9%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	62.7%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Grass	Hassell
Drove alone	90.9%	50.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	50.0%
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	Hassell
1-unit, detached	100.0%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	52.8%

Poverty & households

	Bear Grass	Hassell
Poverty rate	1.1%	8.2%
Average household size	2.41	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1963	1995