Bear Creek vs Black Creek

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

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

Black Creek has the higher population (1,263 vs 271 in Bear Creek). Black Creek has the higher median household income ($63,894 vs $63,750 in Bear Creek). Black Creek has the higher median home value ($173,800 vs $98,600 in Bear Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Black Creek
Population	271	1,263
Median age	40.7 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$63,894
Median home value	$98,600	$173,800
Median gross rent	$850	$742
Housing units	130	554
Homeownership rate	80.0%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Black Creek
Population	379 → 271 (-28.5%)	1,236 → 1,263 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$48,917 → $63,750 (+30.3%)	$55,313 → $63,894 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $98,600 (+20.2%)	$135,700 → $173,800 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $850 (+5.1%)	$606 → $742 (+22.4%)

Bear Creek

Population

379271

Median household income

$48,917$63,750

Median home value

$82,000$98,600

Median gross rent

$809$850

Black Creek

Population

1,2361,263

Median household income

$55,313$63,894

Median home value

$135,700$173,800

Median gross rent

$606$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Black Creek
Under 5	7.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.4%	17.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	19.2%	7.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.0%
75 and over	4.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Black Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Black Creek
No high school diploma	8.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	50.5%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Black Creek
Drove alone	75.2%	78.3%
Carpooled	16.0%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Black Creek
1-unit, detached	63.8%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Black Creek
Poverty rate	15.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1944	1971