Bear River City vs Thatcher

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

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

Thatcher has the higher population (1,094 vs 863 in Bear River City). Thatcher has the higher median household income ($91,042 vs $87,917 in Bear River City). Bear River City has the higher median home value ($381,500 vs $327,800 in Thatcher).

Population, income & housing

	Bear River City	Thatcher
Population	863	1,094
Median age	37.1 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,917	$91,042
Median home value	$381,500	$327,800
Median gross rent	$1,579	—
Housing units	289	358
Homeownership rate	85.2%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear River City	Thatcher
Population	745 → 863 (+15.8%)	634 → 1,094 (+72.6%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $87,917 (+26.7%)	$61,875 → $91,042 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$190,600 → $381,500 (+100.2%)	$149,600 → $327,800 (+119.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,579 (+14.8%)	—

Bear River City

Population

745863

Median household income

$69,375$87,917

Median home value

$190,600$381,500

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,579

Thatcher

Population

6341,094

Median household income

$61,875$91,042

Median home value

$149,600$327,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear River City	Thatcher
Under 5	5.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.6%	24.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	4.3%
75 and over	10.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear River City	Thatcher
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear River City	Thatcher
No high school diploma	5.6%	15.7%
High school graduate	34.4%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear River City	Thatcher
Drove alone	76.3%	59.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	25.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	14.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear River City	Thatcher
1-unit, detached	94.5%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear River City	Thatcher
Poverty rate	5.4%	8.0%
Average household size	3.05	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1980	1989