Bear Creek vs Hays

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

Bear Creek and Hays 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 173 in Hays). Bear Creek has the higher median household income ($125,250 vs $89,750 in Hays). Bear Creek has the higher median home value ($728,400 vs $330,400 in Hays).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Hays
Population	503	173
Median age	47.8 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$125,250	$89,750
Median home value	$728,400	$330,400
Median gross rent	—	$2,150
Housing units	206	69
Homeownership rate	100.0%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Hays
Population	360 → 503 (+39.7%)	154 → 173 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$124,167 → $125,250 (+0.9%)	$47,188 → $89,750 (+90.2%)
Median home value	$457,300 → $728,400 (+59.3%)	$210,900 → $330,400 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,167 → $2,563 (+18.3%)	$1,708 → $2,150 (+25.9%)

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

Hays

Population

154173

Median household income

$47,188$89,750

Median home value

$210,900$330,400

Median gross rent

$1,708$2,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Hays
Under 5	6.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	10.4%
18 to 24	2.8%	2.9%
25 to 34	4.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	4.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	17.9%
55 to 64	17.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	23.1%
75 and over	8.2%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Hays
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	53.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.9%
Two or more races	1.8%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Hays
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	9.8%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	34.6%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Hays
Drove alone	56.9%	84.2%
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%	15.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Hays
1-unit, detached	97.6%	98.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.4%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Hays
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1992	1970