What is the population of Bear Creek town?

Bear Creek town has 1,317 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #288 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Bear Creek town?

Median household income in Bear Creek town is $36,250 a year, 53.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bear Creek town?

Median gross rent is $640 a month and the median home value is $95,300, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.

Is Bear Creek town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bear Creek town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bear Creek, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bear Creek, Alabama (Bear Creek, AL — Census place “Bear Creek town”) is 1,317 residents, ranking #288 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $36,250, the median home is worth $95,300 and median gross rent runs $640 a month. Looking for the Bear Creek Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bear Creek, AL: 35543.

Population: 1,317Bear Creek town residents
Median household income: $36,250Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $95,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $640Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 81.1%Owner-occupied households

Bear Creek ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bear Creek.

The Bear Creek AL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

35543

What the numbers mean in Bear Creek town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bear Creek town median would spend about 21.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.6% of residents and 81.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bear Creek town, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bear Creek town is a small town in Alabama, with 1,317 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #288 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 51% of them. The median age here is 41.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Bear Creek town earn a median of $36,250 a year, 53.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 35% below the $55,687 median for the 322 Alabama cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 14.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bear Creek town is valued at $95,300, 68.6% below the national figure and 40% below the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $640 a month, 54.5% below the national figure, or roughly $7,680 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 81.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Bear Creek town?: Bear Creek town has 1,317 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #288 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Bear Creek town?: Median household income in Bear Creek town is $36,250 a year, 53.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bear Creek town?: Median gross rent is $640 a month and the median home value is $95,300, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.
Is Bear Creek town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bear Creek town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bear Creek town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.