Bear Creek vs Nichols

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

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

Nichols has the higher population (278 vs 271 in Bear Creek). Bear Creek has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $56,875 in Nichols). Nichols has the higher median home value ($145,300 vs $98,600 in Bear Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Nichols
Population	271	278
Median age	40.7 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$56,875
Median home value	$98,600	$145,300
Median gross rent	$850	$883
Housing units	130	120
Homeownership rate	80.0%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Nichols
Population	379 → 271 (-28.5%)	253 → 278 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$48,917 → $63,750 (+30.3%)	$49,750 → $56,875 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $98,600 (+20.2%)	$76,800 → $145,300 (+89.2%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $850 (+5.1%)	$675 → $883 (+30.8%)

Bear Creek

Population

379271

Median household income

$48,917$63,750

Median home value

$82,000$98,600

Median gross rent

$809$850

Nichols

Population

253278

Median household income

$49,750$56,875

Median home value

$76,800$145,300

Median gross rent

$675$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Nichols
Under 5	7.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.6%	21.9%
18 to 24	4.8%	2.2%
25 to 34	7.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	19.2%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.2%
75 and over	4.8%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Nichols
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
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%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Nichols
No high school diploma	8.7%	12.9%
High school graduate	50.5%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Nichols
Drove alone	75.2%	97.8%
Carpooled	16.0%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Nichols
1-unit, detached	63.8%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Nichols
Poverty rate	15.1%	13.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1944	1962