Bear Creek vs Driftwood

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

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

Bear Creek has the higher population (503 vs 141 in Driftwood). Driftwood has the higher median household income ($125,667 vs $125,250 in Bear Creek). Since 2019, Bear Creek's population has grown faster (+39.7% vs -19.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Driftwood
Population	503	141
Median age	47.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,250	$125,667
Median home value	$728,400	—
Housing units	206	69
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Driftwood
Population	360 → 503 (+39.7%)	176 → 141 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$124,167 → $125,250 (+0.9%)	$104,943 → $125,667 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$457,300 → $728,400 (+59.3%)	$381,800 → $414,700 (+8.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,167 → $2,563 (+18.3%)	—

Bear Creek

Population

360503

Median household income

$124,167$125,250

Median home value

$457,300$728,400

Median gross rent

$2,167$2,563

Driftwood

Population

176141

Median household income

$104,943$125,667

Median home value

$381,800$414,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Driftwood
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	44.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	44.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	17.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	14.9%	5.7%
75 and over	8.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Driftwood
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Driftwood
No high school diploma	4.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	9.8%	78.5%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	10.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	34.6%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Driftwood
Drove alone	56.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Driftwood
1-unit, detached	97.6%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	36.2%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Driftwood
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.53	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1992	1998