Bear Creek vs Mountain City

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

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

Mountain City has the higher population (855 vs 503 in Bear Creek). Mountain City has the higher median household income ($149,432 vs $125,250 in Bear Creek). Bear Creek has the higher median home value ($728,400 vs $455,300 in Mountain City).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Mountain City
Population	503	855
Median age	47.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$125,250	$149,432
Median home value	$728,400	$455,300
Housing units	206	278
Homeownership rate	100.0%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Mountain City
Population	360 → 503 (+39.7%)	739 → 855 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$124,167 → $125,250 (+0.9%)	$121,518 → $149,432 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$457,300 → $728,400 (+59.3%)	$301,400 → $455,300 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,167 → $2,563 (+18.3%)	$2,000 → $2,625 (+31.3%)

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

Mountain City

Population

739855

Median household income

$121,518$149,432

Median home value

$301,400$455,300

Median gross rent

$2,000$2,625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Mountain City
Under 5	6.4%	10.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	20.9%
18 to 24	2.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	6.3%
75 and over	8.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Mountain City
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	61.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Mountain City
No high school diploma	4.1%	1.5%
High school graduate	9.8%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	34.6%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Mountain City
Drove alone	56.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	1.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.0%	16.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Mountain City
1-unit, detached	97.6%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.7%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Mountain City
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.7%
Average household size	2.53	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1992	1987