Bear Creek Ranch vs Wilmer

A side-by-side comparison of Bear Creek Ranch and Wilmer: population, income, housing, and more.

Bear Creek Ranch and Wilmer are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wilmer has the higher population (5,876 vs 1,897 in Bear Creek Ranch). Bear Creek Ranch has the higher median household income ($88,445 vs $58,837 in Wilmer). Bear Creek Ranch has the higher median home value ($270,800 vs $111,200 in Wilmer).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek Ranch	Wilmer
Population	1,897	5,876
Median age	42.4 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,445	$58,837
Median home value	$270,800	$111,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,349
Housing units	843	2,081
Homeownership rate	82.7%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek Ranch	Wilmer
Population	1,349 → 1,897 (+40.6%)	4,383 → 5,876 (+34.1%)
Median household income	$77,986 → $88,445 (+13.4%)	$46,765 → $58,837 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$202,100 → $270,800 (+34.0%)	$56,800 → $111,200 (+95.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$921 → $1,349 (+46.5%)

Bear Creek Ranch

Population

1,3491,897

Median household income

$77,986$88,445

Median home value

$202,100$270,800

Wilmer

Population

4,3835,876

Median household income

$46,765$58,837

Median home value

$56,800$111,200

Median gross rent

$921$1,349

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek Ranch	Wilmer
Under 5	5.1%	9.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	6.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	27.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	24.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	7.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	3.4%	10.1%
75 and over	0.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek Ranch	Wilmer
White (non-Hispanic)	8.6%	21.9%
Black or African American	86.9%	30.7%
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	3.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	46.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek Ranch	Wilmer
No high school diploma	18.0%	34.2%
High school graduate	9.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	47.6%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek Ranch	Wilmer
Drove alone	84.7%	93.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek Ranch	Wilmer
1-unit, detached	100.0%	43.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	39.5%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek Ranch	Wilmer
Poverty rate	1.1%	15.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	2011	2007