Bear Rocks vs Hopwood

A side-by-side comparison of Bear Rocks and Hopwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Bear Rocks and Hopwood are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hopwood has the higher population (1,628 vs 1,239 in Bear Rocks). Bear Rocks has the higher median household income ($66,688 vs $45,608 in Hopwood). Bear Rocks has the higher median home value ($220,300 vs $184,400 in Hopwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Rocks	Hopwood
Population	1,239	1,628
Median age	57.0 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,688	$45,608
Median home value	$220,300	$184,400
Median gross rent	—	$886
Housing units	670	930
Homeownership rate	91.7%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Rocks	Hopwood
Population	794 → 1,239 (+56.0%)	2,043 → 1,628 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$90,926 → $66,688 (-26.7%)	$58,594 → $45,608 (-22.2%)
Median home value	$179,100 → $220,300 (+23.0%)	$158,600 → $184,400 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$702 → $886 (+26.2%)

Bear Rocks

Population

7941,239

Median household income

$90,926$66,688

Median home value

$179,100$220,300

Hopwood

Population

2,0431,628

Median household income

$58,594$45,608

Median home value

$158,600$184,400

Median gross rent

$702$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Rocks	Hopwood
Under 5	0.9%	1.3%
5 to 17	2.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.2%	7.9%
35 to 44	5.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	15.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	31.2%	19.8%
65 to 74	19.5%	13.0%
75 and over	3.6%	21.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Rocks	Hopwood
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Rocks	Hopwood
No high school diploma	6.0%	10.8%
High school graduate	35.8%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Rocks	Hopwood
Drove alone	78.7%	87.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	4.7%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Rocks	Hopwood
1-unit, detached	90.0%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Bear Rocks	Hopwood
Poverty rate	5.4%	15.7%
Average household size	2.04	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	33	17
Median year structure built	1978	1959