Bear Creek RanchTX
This town in Texas has a population of 1,604.
Is Bear Creek Ranch a good place to live?
The best of Bear Creek Ranch’s subject grades is an A− for incomes; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 37 of Texas’ 999 towns do worse. Bear Creek Ranch’s average commute is 33 minutes, where Texas’ towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. On the outdoors, just 30 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Bear Creek Ranch has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Bear Creek Ranch for work
Where Bear Creek Ranch’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bear Creek Ranch grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Bear Creek Ranch is from typical.
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AT&T Stadium and 71 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bear Creek Ranch. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
22 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
23 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw StadiumPhoto credits
AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Bear Creek Ranch: who provides what
Bear Creek Ranch is unincorporated, so Dallas 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 Creek Ranch.
More middle-aged adults than Texas overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 57% of residents (38% statewide); people 65 and older are 3% of residents (13% statewide). Bear Creek Ranch’s median age stands at 42.3 years. College graduates make up 27% of adults 25 and older, against 34% across Texas.
| Bear Creek Ranch | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 42.3 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 51% and 72% women
The Census survey reached too few of Bear Creek Ranch’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±10.2 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Bear Creek Ranch | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.4% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 17.9% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.9% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 27.8% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 22% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 7.4% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 1.7% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 0.8% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 19.2% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 3.4% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.4% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 34.7% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.4% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Most of Bear Creek Ranch’s workers commute out: the town has 0.0 jobs for each of them
Half the trips to work are shorter than 21 miles. 2.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Bear Creek Ranch. The top destinations are Dallas (37%), Irving (6%) and Fort Worth (4%).
| Bear Creek Ranch | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $81,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Bear Creek Ranch, expect mild winters and hot summers
In Bear Creek Ranch, the peak summer temperature is 95°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bear Creek Ranch faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 63% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Bear Creek Ranch break down as 38% from inland flooding and 29% from heat waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A larger share of adults in Bear Creek Ranch sleep under 7 hours than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
Nearly a fifth of Bear Creek Ranch adults report frequent mental distress. The town beats the Texas average on 9 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 9. In Bear Creek Ranch, 26% of adults worry about having enough food, and 18% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Bear Creek Ranch | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 39% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 20% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bear Creek Ranch | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.4% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 3.7% | 5.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 18.8% | 10.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Bear Creek Ranch sells for about $287K at the median
The share of households in Bear Creek Ranch who are owner-occupiers: 85%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Bear Creek Ranch
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Bear Creek Ranch
About 6 of every 100 Bear Creek Ranch residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
About Bear Creek Ranch
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Bear Creek Ranch is a planned community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dallas County, Texas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 1,787. It is in the southern part of the county, on the southeast side of Texas State Highway 342, which leads north 2 miles (3 km) to Lancaster and 9 miles (14 km) to the southern part of Dallas, while to the south it leads 3 miles (5 km) to the eastern part of Red Oak. Downtown Dallas is 17 miles (27 km) to the north, and Waxahachie is 13 miles (21 km) to the south.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 558 ft
Questions about Bear Creek Ranch
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bear Creek Ranch, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $291,000, 2% below the Texas 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 B.