Bear Creek vs Dale

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

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

Dale has the higher population (680 vs 271 in Bear Creek). Dale has the higher median household income ($80,833 vs $63,750 in Bear Creek). Dale has the higher median home value ($197,400 vs $98,600 in Bear Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Dale
Population	271	680
Median age	40.7 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$80,833
Median home value	$98,600	$197,400
Median gross rent	$850	$775
Housing units	130	269
Homeownership rate	80.0%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Dale
Population	379 → 271 (-28.5%)	551 → 680 (+23.4%)
Median household income	$48,917 → $63,750 (+30.3%)	$75,139 → $80,833 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $98,600 (+20.2%)	$161,900 → $197,400 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $850 (+5.1%)	$800 → $775 (-3.1%)

Bear Creek

Population

379271

Median household income

$48,917$63,750

Median home value

$82,000$98,600

Median gross rent

$809$850

Dale

Population

551680

Median household income

$75,139$80,833

Median home value

$161,900$197,400

Median gross rent

$800$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Dale
Under 5	7.7%	9.7%
5 to 17	19.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	7.4%	4.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	18.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	4.1%
55 to 64	19.2%	27.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	6.9%
75 and over	4.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Dale
No high school diploma	8.7%	1.3%
High school graduate	50.5%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Dale
Drove alone	75.2%	83.5%
Carpooled	16.0%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Dale
1-unit, detached	63.8%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Dale
Poverty rate	15.1%	2.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	32	19
Median year structure built	1944	1961