Bear Creek, Florida, 2023
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Bear CreekFL
Population 2,179: a town in Florida.
3 bordering townsMap →
Photo: Astrophobe · CC BY-SA 4.0
Population
2,179
Census survey, 2020–24
Median home value
$373K
Census ACS
Household income
$67K
median
Median age
51.3
years
Jobs based here
131
A commuter town
Is Bear Creek a good place to live?
The best of Bear Creek’s subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for health; the weakest is a D for cost of living. 7.8% of residents are under 18 in Bear Creek, below both Florida’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (22%). Only 74 of Florida’s 774 towns score higher on incomes. On the outdoors, just 74 of Florida’s 779 towns do worse. Bear Creek has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
By the sea
Bear Creek lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 14% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
14%of expected storm damage is coastal flooding
99thpercentile for coastal flood risk nationally
90thpercentile for hurricane risk
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
How Bear Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Bear Creek is from typical.
Cost of livingTypical home $373K, 5 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household incomeDOpen →Jobs & income$67K median household incomeAOpen →HealthHCA Florida Pasadena Hospital A Part of HCA Florid 0.7 miles awayA−Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 12.2 of 20; 3.9% of households have no car; 0.6% of workers walk, bike or ride transitBOpen →SchoolsBeat 58% of Florida districts on tests and graduationBOpen →Hazard riskHurricanes top the listC+Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nearby attractions
All 72 attractions →Tropicana Field and 58 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bear Creek. Close and well known come first.
Big draw5 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
17 mi BeachAnna Maria Island
21 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
6 mi MuseumSalvador Dalí Museum
27 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa4.0M visitors a yearSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Tropicana Field: EaglesFanInTampa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raymond James Stadium: NASA, Public domain · Anna Maria Island: Bfpage at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Benchmark International Arena: Miosotis Jade, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Salvador Dalí Museum: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0 · Busch Gardens Tampa: Wolle8ball, CC BY 3.0
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Getting set up
Moving to Bear Creek: who provides what
Bear Creek is unincorporated, so Pinellas County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerDuke Energy18.4¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterCity of St Petersburg water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet7 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesPinellas CountyPinellas County provides services here
Register to voteOnlineIn Florida you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before).vote.govWho runs elections herePinellas Supervisor of ElectionsPinellas County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Nov 2023
ZIP code3370733707 100%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bear Creek.
HealthA−
Bear Creek is healthier than 78% of U.S. towns
In Bear Creek, one in ten adults smoke cigarettes. The town does better than the Florida average on 12 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 2.
78%healthier than U.S. townsA−Health Grade
| Bear Creek | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.6% | 15% | 14% |
31 measures vs. Florida
12 better17 too close to call2 worse
| What stands out | Bear Creek | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.5% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 16.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.2% | 9.1% |
HCA Florida Pasadena Hospital A Part of HCA Florid
0.7 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Work & commuteJobs & income grade A
Bear Creek has 0.2 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Jobs in Bear Creek grew by 61 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 131. For most workers, Bear Creek is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town. The share of residents in Bear Creek who live below the poverty line: 16%. The top destinations are St. Petersburg (23%), Tampa (10%) and Gulfport (6%).
2%work in town
| Bear Creek | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 14% | 14% | 11% |
Where working residents work
In Bear Creek2%
St. Petersburg23%
Tampa10%
Gulfport6%
Pinellas Park5%
10 mi
median commute distance
131
jobs based in Bear Creek
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B
Walkability grade: more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Climate
Bear Creek: mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 53° and snow is almost unheard of.
90°summer high
Typical low → high °F
Winter55–72°
Spring65–81°
Summer76–90°
Fall68–84°
+1.4°
vs. the 20th-century average
90°
typical summer high
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade C+
The biggest natural risk in Bear Creek is hurricanes, at a moderate overall level
Bear Creek’s risk rating from FEMA is 52 of 100. Expected losses in Bear Creek break down as 37% from hurricanes and 23% from inland flooding.
52risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
HurricanesInland floodingCoastal flooding
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
HousingCost of living grade D
Homes in Bear Creek sell for about $580K
For Bear Creek, the going rate for rent is $1,788 a month. Nearly two thirds of households own their home locally.
$580Kmedian sale price
| Bear Creek | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,788 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 65% | 72% | 73% |
4
homes sold in September
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Bear Creek
16pages on Bear Creek
The big questions
Out and about
The story
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Bear Creek
Eckerd CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Saint Petersburg3.9 mi$51,884 tuitionSt Petersburg CollegeUniversity or college · Public · St. Petersburg5.8 mi$2,682 in-state tuitionGalen College of Nursing-Tampa BayUniversity or college · Private for-profit · Saint Petersburg8.9 mi$17,048 tuition
College town 19 of every 100 Bear Creek residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
A commuter town
98% of working residents leave Bear Creek for work
Where Bear Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
131jobs based in Bear Creek
2%of working residents work in town
10 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
About Bear Creek
Census-designated place & Unincorporated community in Florida, United States
Bear Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bear Creek had a population of 1,906.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 8 ft
- Area code
- 813
Bear Creek’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Bear Creek.
GulfportSouth PasadenaSt. PetersburgBear Creek
How the neighbors grade
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek | — | — | D | — | B | A− |
| Gulfport | #378 | C | D | C | B | B |
| South Pasadena | #347 | C | D | C+ | B | B− |
| St. Petersburg | #417 | C− | D | D | B | B+ |
Bear Creek has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Bear Creek reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Bear Creek with a neighbor →
Questions about Bear Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bear Creek, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $373,000, 1% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.