Bear River vs Evanston

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

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

Evanston has the higher population (11,803 vs 835 in Bear River). Bear River has the higher median household income ($118,185 vs $76,569 in Evanston). Bear River has the higher median home value ($330,300 vs $236,400 in Evanston).

Population, income & housing

	Bear River	Evanston
Population	835	11,803
Median age	35.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$118,185	$76,569
Median home value	$330,300	$236,400
Median gross rent	$1,425	$841
Housing units	295	5,286
Homeownership rate	95.3%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear River	Evanston
Population	642 → 835 (+30.1%)	11,848 → 11,803 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$77,500 → $118,185 (+52.5%)	$58,566 → $76,569 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$229,900 → $330,300 (+43.7%)	$169,400 → $236,400 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,425 (-5.0%)	$676 → $841 (+24.4%)

Bear River

Population

642835

Median household income

$77,500$118,185

Median home value

$229,900$330,300

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,425

Evanston

Population

11,84811,803

Median household income

$58,566$76,569

Median home value

$169,400$236,400

Median gross rent

$676$841

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear River	Evanston
Under 5	2.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	29.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	6.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	21.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.7%
75 and over	1.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear River	Evanston
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear River	Evanston
No high school diploma	1.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	32.0%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear River	Evanston
Drove alone	86.1%	78.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.4%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear River	Evanston
1-unit, detached	90.5%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Bear River	Evanston
Poverty rate	3.5%	6.8%
Average household size	2.83	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1989	1983