Bear Creek vs Shiocton

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

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

Shiocton has the higher population (776 vs 271 in Bear Creek). Bear Creek has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $56,146 in Shiocton). Shiocton has the higher median home value ($165,800 vs $98,600 in Bear Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Shiocton
Population	271	776
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$56,146
Median home value	$98,600	$165,800
Median gross rent	$850	$737
Housing units	130	399
Homeownership rate	80.0%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Shiocton
Population	379 → 271 (-28.5%)	854 → 776 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$48,917 → $63,750 (+30.3%)	$50,703 → $56,146 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $98,600 (+20.2%)	$130,800 → $165,800 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $850 (+5.1%)	$682 → $737 (+8.1%)

Bear Creek

Population

379271

Median household income

$48,917$63,750

Median home value

$82,000$98,600

Median gross rent

$809$850

Shiocton

Population

854776

Median household income

$50,703$56,146

Median home value

$130,800$165,800

Median gross rent

$682$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Shiocton
Under 5	7.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.6%	12.9%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	7.4%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.8%
55 to 64	19.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.6%
75 and over	4.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Shiocton
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	95.2%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Shiocton
No high school diploma	8.7%	14.0%
High school graduate	50.5%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Shiocton
Drove alone	75.2%	88.4%
Carpooled	16.0%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Shiocton
1-unit, detached	63.8%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Shiocton
Poverty rate	15.1%	10.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1944	1966