Bear Lake vs Columbus

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

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

Columbus has the higher population (721 vs 132 in Bear Lake). Columbus has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $33,125 in Bear Lake). Columbus has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $64,000 in Bear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Lake	Columbus
Population	132	721
Median age	47.0 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$33,125	$57,750
Median home value	$64,000	$101,700
Median gross rent	—	$635
Housing units	60	364
Homeownership rate	76.9%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	21.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Lake	Columbus
Population	193 → 132 (-31.6%)	857 → 721 (-15.9%)
Median household income	$60,547 → $33,125 (-45.3%)	$49,219 → $57,750 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $64,000 (-26.9%)	$93,500 → $101,700 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $863 (+13.6%)	$708 → $635 (-10.3%)

Bear Lake

Population

193132

Median household income

$60,547$33,125

Median home value

$87,500$64,000

Median gross rent

$760$863

Columbus

Population

857721

Median household income

$49,219$57,750

Median home value

$93,500$101,700

Median gross rent

$708$635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Lake	Columbus
Under 5	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	5.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	8.0%
45 to 54	20.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.8%
75 and over	9.1%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Lake	Columbus
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Lake	Columbus
No high school diploma	18.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	60.4%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	10.4%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Lake	Columbus
Drove alone	72.1%	92.7%
Carpooled	16.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.9%
Other means	11.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Lake	Columbus
1-unit, detached	83.3%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Bear Lake	Columbus
Poverty rate	18.2%	6.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1954	1946