Bear River vs Urie

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

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

Bear River has the higher population (835 vs 136 in Urie). Bear River has the higher median home value ($330,300 vs $222,400 in Urie). Since 2019, Bear River's population has grown faster (+30.1% vs -57.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bear River	Urie
Population	835	136
Median age	35.4 yrs	71.1 yrs
Median household income	$118,185	—
Median home value	$330,300	$222,400
Median gross rent	$1,425	—
Housing units	295	117
Homeownership rate	95.3%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear River	Urie
Population	642 → 835 (+30.1%)	318 → 136 (-57.2%)
Median household income	$77,500 → $118,185 (+52.5%)	$78,895 → $84,688 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$229,900 → $330,300 (+43.7%)	$183,900 → $222,400 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,425 (-5.0%)	—

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

Urie

Population

318136

Median household income

$78,895$84,688

Median home value

$183,900$222,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear River	Urie
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	29.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	6.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	21.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	28.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	58.8%
75 and over	1.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear River	Urie
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear River	Urie
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear River	Urie
Drove alone	86.1%	0.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	100.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear River	Urie
1-unit, detached	90.5%	15.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	84.6%

Poverty & households

	Bear River	Urie
Poverty rate	3.5%	18.4%
Average household size	2.83	1.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1989	2000