Bear RocksPA
A town of 1,258.
Is Bear Rocks a good place to live?
We don’t grade Bear Rocks yet; the figures below are still real.
1,258 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Bear Rocks: who provides what
Bear Rocks is unincorporated, so Fayette County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bear Rocks.
Most of Bear Rocks’ workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
In Bear Rocks, the income of the median household is $70,000. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The average commute for Bear Rocks comes to 29 minutes, above both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Connellsville (8%), East Huntingdon Township (7%) and Hempfield Township (6%).
| Bear Rocks | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bear Rocks has four seasons and pleasant summers
The July high for Bear Rocks comes to 82°F, against 85°F in Pennsylvania’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Bear Rocks is
The town beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 10. In Bear Rocks, 16% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 39% have high blood pressure. The share of adults in Bear Rocks who smoke cigarettes: 20%.
| Bear Rocks | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Bear Rocks | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.7% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Bear Rocks, mostly inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Bear Rocks, 85% come from inland flooding and 7% from tornadoes. Compared with 52% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is lower.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Bear Rocks sells for about $145K at the median
93% of Bear Rocks households are owner-occupiers.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0% of Bear Rocks is conserved land
1.2 miles of trail. Bear Rocks’ concentration of trails comes in at 0.4 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fallingwater and 61 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bear Rocks. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw29 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
28 mi Theme parkKennywood
36 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
36 mi Stadium & arenaPNC ParkPhoto credits
Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Bear Rocks
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Bear Rocks
About 6 of every 100 Bear Rocks residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
99% of working residents leave Bear Rocks for work
Where Bear Rocks’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Bear Rocks
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Bear Rocks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bullskin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bear Rocks had a population of 1,005. It is located along the south side of Pennsylvania Route 31 in northern Fayette County, on the western slope of Chestnut Ridge.
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- Area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,847 ft
Questions about Bear Rocks
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bear Rocks, PA a good place to live?
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