Bear Creek vs Wimberley

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

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

Wimberley has the higher population (2,873 vs 503 in Bear Creek). Bear Creek has the higher median household income ($125,250 vs $78,351 in Wimberley). Bear Creek has the higher median home value ($728,400 vs $492,700 in Wimberley).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Wimberley
Population	503	2,873
Median age	47.8 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$125,250	$78,351
Median home value	$728,400	$492,700
Median gross rent	—	$946
Housing units	206	1,443
Homeownership rate	100.0%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Wimberley
Population	360 → 503 (+39.7%)	3,037 → 2,873 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$124,167 → $125,250 (+0.9%)	$64,141 → $78,351 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$457,300 → $728,400 (+59.3%)	$288,200 → $492,700 (+71.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,167 → $2,563 (+18.3%)	$795 → $946 (+19.0%)

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

Wimberley

Population

3,0372,873

Median household income

$64,141$78,351

Median home value

$288,200$492,700

Median gross rent

$795$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Wimberley
Under 5	6.4%	0.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	10.1%
18 to 24	2.8%	10.6%
25 to 34	4.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	7.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	17.3%	25.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	12.4%
75 and over	8.2%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Wimberley
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Wimberley
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.9%
High school graduate	9.8%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	34.6%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Wimberley
Drove alone	56.9%	79.0%
Carpooled	1.8%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.0%	17.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Wimberley
1-unit, detached	97.6%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Wimberley
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1992	1994