Bear Rocks vs Republic

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

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

Bear Rocks has the higher population (1,239 vs 1,171 in Republic). Bear Rocks has the higher median household income ($66,688 vs $50,978 in Republic). Bear Rocks has the higher median home value ($220,300 vs $103,800 in Republic).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Rocks	Republic
Population	1,239	1,171
Median age	57.0 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,688	$50,978
Median home value	$220,300	$103,800
Median gross rent	—	$904
Housing units	670	587
Homeownership rate	91.7%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	19.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Rocks	Republic
Population	794 → 1,239 (+56.0%)	1,152 → 1,171 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$90,926 → $66,688 (-26.7%)	$36,500 → $50,978 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$179,100 → $220,300 (+23.0%)	$63,200 → $103,800 (+64.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$662 → $904 (+36.6%)

Bear Rocks

Population

7941,239

Median household income

$90,926$66,688

Median home value

$179,100$220,300

Republic

Population

1,1521,171

Median household income

$36,500$50,978

Median home value

$63,200$103,800

Median gross rent

$662$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Rocks	Republic
Under 5	0.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	2.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	16.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	5.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	15.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	31.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	19.5%	17.0%
75 and over	3.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Rocks	Republic
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Rocks	Republic
No high school diploma	6.0%	16.9%
High school graduate	35.8%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Rocks	Republic
Drove alone	78.7%	80.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	16.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Rocks	Republic
1-unit, detached	90.0%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	19.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Bear Rocks	Republic
Poverty rate	5.4%	18.8%
Average household size	2.04	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1978	1938