Bear

Population & Demographics

Bear, DE

Bear is home to 22,370 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 11,254 resident workers commute each day.

DelawareCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
22,370
people
Population

22,370 residents

Median age 37.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Bear population & demographics

Who lives in Bear — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
22,370
Median age
37.9yrs
Median household income
$91,687
Median home value
$304,800
Median gross rent
$1,771/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
32.5%
Poverty rate
8.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Bear

How Bear breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Black37.7%
White29.2%
Hispanic or Latino21.2%
Asian8.3%
Two or more races3.1%
Some other race0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Bear

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Bear.

Bear at a glance
Employed Residents
11,254
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
11.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
3.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
15.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Wilmington
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Bear proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Bear commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Bear

11,254 commutes, one dot at a time

Bear

Where 11,254 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Bear, by worker count.

1Wilmington11.5 mi1,059
2New Castle7.0 mi480
3Newark5.7 mi393
4Philadelphia38.9 mi371
5Bear0.0 mi366
6Dover32.7 mi328
7Glasgow3.2 mi230
8Middletown11.7 mi216

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Bear.

1Bear0.0 mi366
2Wilmington11.5 mi236
3Glasgow3.2 mi140
4Middletown11.7 mi117
5Newark5.7 mi91
6Brookside3.9 mi88
7Dover32.7 mi85
8Wilmington Manor7.0 mi63

Top industries

The sectors that employ Bear’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
FIFinance and Insurance17.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services16.8%
RTRetail Trade15.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.1%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance7.6%
REReal Estate and Rental and Leasing6.5%
WSWholesale Trade5.8%
EDEducational Services5.2%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.8%
Connectivity

Internet options for Bear

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

3 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Bear

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).