Bear Lake vs Clarendon

A side-by-side comparison of Bear Lake and Clarendon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clarendon has the higher population (343 vs 132 in Bear Lake). Clarendon has the higher median household income ($61,786 vs $33,125 in Bear Lake). Clarendon has the higher median home value ($82,000 vs $64,000 in Bear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Lake	Clarendon
Population	132	343
Median age	47.0 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$33,125	$61,786
Median home value	$64,000	$82,000
Median gross rent	—	$930
Housing units	60	137
Homeownership rate	76.9%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	21.8%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Lake	Clarendon
Population	193 → 132 (-31.6%)	370 → 343 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$60,547 → $33,125 (-45.3%)	$50,000 → $61,786 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $64,000 (-26.9%)	$70,000 → $82,000 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $863 (+13.6%)	$781 → $930 (+19.1%)

Bear Lake

Population

193132

Median household income

$60,547$33,125

Median home value

$87,500$64,000

Median gross rent

$760$863

Clarendon

Population

370343

Median household income

$50,000$61,786

Median home value

$70,000$82,000

Median gross rent

$781$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Lake	Clarendon
Under 5	0.0%	12.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	9.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	5.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	8.2%
45 to 54	20.5%	16.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	17.8%
65 to 74	13.6%	11.4%
75 and over	9.1%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Lake	Clarendon
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
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	3.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Lake	Clarendon
No high school diploma	18.8%	10.6%
High school graduate	60.4%	59.2%
Some college or associate's	10.4%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Lake	Clarendon
Drove alone	72.1%	77.9%
Carpooled	16.3%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.2%
Other means	11.6%	8.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Lake	Clarendon
1-unit, detached	83.3%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Bear Lake	Clarendon
Poverty rate	18.2%	22.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1954	1938