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Bear Creek, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Bear Creek, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 257. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BEAR-CREEK-PA · Bear Creek, PA 1 ZIPs · 257 pop · #632/25278 · Luzerne County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $160,962
  • RANK-TOP #632/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Mountain Top
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 99% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 257
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $412,700

Nearest income peer: Mountain Top, PA ( $51,395 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Bear Creek

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Bear Creek on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Bear Creek, PA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 3%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
257
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$160,962
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $160,962 and home value $412,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 51.9%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (99.1%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Pennsylvania, Wexford is the closest lower-income city and Fort Washington the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Bear Creek.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 18602, is all of Bear Creek

There is no split to weigh here: 18602 holds every one of Bear Creek's 257 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Bear Creek's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 9 establishments, 53 employees , annual payroll $998k (~35 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 18602 (9 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Bear Creek, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Luzerne County, which covers 40 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Bear Creek. See the Luzerne County roll-up →

No other city sharing Luzerne County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Bear Creek. Wilkes Barre, Hazleton and Pittston sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Plymouth marks the far end of that range at $41,990, 74% below Bear Creek.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
18602 257 $160,962 9 51
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Bear Creek roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Bear Creek, .