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Population in July 2007: 1,004. Population change since 2000: -4.6%
 

Males: 536  (50.9%)
Females: 517  (49.1%)

Marion County

Median resident age:  36.7 years
Alabama median age:  35.8 years

Zip codes: 35543.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $26,800 (it was $27,813 in 2000)
Bear Creek  $26,800
Alabama:  $36,879

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $43,800 (it was $43,900 in 2000)
Bear Creek  $43,800
Alabama:  $97,500

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Races in Bear Creek:

  • White Non-Hispanic (99.1%)
  • American Indian (0.7%)
  • Two or more races (0.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Bear Creek: 79.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Ancestries: United States (26.3%), Irish (11.2%), German (4.7%), English (2.8%), Dutch (2.0%), Scottish (1.7%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Land area: 13.5 square miles.

Population density: 74 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Bear Creek

  • High school or higher: 57.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.7%
  • Unemployed: 9.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Bear Creek town

  • Never married: 15.7%
  • Now married: 64.9%
  • Separated: 2.0%
  • Widowed: 7.6%
  • Divorced: 9.8%

4 residents are foreign born

This town:  0.4%
Alabama:  2.0%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Bear Creek:  0.5% ($199)
Alabama:  0.3% ($289)
Bear Creek satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Decatur, AL (53.9 miles , pop. 53,929).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Birmingham, AL (80.1 miles , pop. 242,820).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (523.4 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Phil Campbell, AL (5.5 miles ), Haleyville, AL (6.5 miles ), Hackleburg, AL (8.8 miles ), Natural Bridge, AL (14.2 miles) , Hodges, AL (15.9 miles ), Russellville, AL (16.5 miles ), Brilliant, AL (17.8 miles ), Lynn, AL (19.5 miles ).

Latitude: 34.27 N, Longitude: 87.70 W


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Population change in the 1990s: +140 (+15.3%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Wood products (15%)
  • Construction (15%)
  • Furniture and related products (10%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
  • Repair and maintenance (7%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Transportation equipment (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (16%)
  • Health care (14%)
  • Furniture and related products (10%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (7%)
  • Wood products (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (5%)


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Crime in Bear Creek by Year

Type 2002 2003 2006
Murders 010
    per 100,000 0.097.60.0
Rapes 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Robberies 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Assaults 752
    per 100,000 659.1487.8194.2
Burglaries 482
    per 100,000 376.6780.5194.2
Thefts 132112
    per 100,000 1224.12048.81165.0
Auto thefts 201
    per 100,000 188.30.097.1
Arson 00N/A
    per 100,000 0.00.0N/A
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 106.6) 222.2429.3106.8

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 3 (3 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  3.00
US city average:  3.00

Average climate in Bear Creek, Alabama

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Bear Creek-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Alabama state average. It is 172% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1974, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 20.6 miles away from the Bear Creek town center killed 28 people and injured 267 people.

On 4/3/1974, a category 5 tornado 42.4 miles away from the town center killed 28 people and injured 272 people.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Bear Creek:
  • CARRAWAY BURDICK WEST MEDICAL CENTER (about 8 miles; HALEYVILLE, AL)
  • RUSSELLVILLE HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; RUSSELLVILLE, AL)
  • CARRAWAY NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER (about 17 miles; WINFIELD, AL)

Political contributions by individuals in Bear Creek, AL

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Bear Creek:
  • NORTHWEST ALABAMA RGNL (about 33 miles; MUSCLE SHOALS, AL; ID: MSL)
  • COLUMBUS AFB (about 67 miles; COLUMBUS, MS; ID: CBM)
  • HUNTSVILLE INTL-CARL T JONES FIELD (about 70 miles; HUNTSVILLE, AL; ID: HSV)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bear Creek:
  • POSEY FIELD (about 8 miles; HALEYVILLE, AL; ID: 1M4)
  • RUSSELLVILLE MUNI (about 12 miles; RUSSELLVILLE, AL; ID: M22)
  • MARION COUNTY-RANKIN FITE (about 23 miles; HAMILTON, AL; ID: HAB)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Bear Creek:
  • NORTHWEST SHOALS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MUSCLE SHOALS (about 34 miles; MUSCLE SHOALS, AL; Full-time enrollment: 2,669)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA (about 42 miles; FLORENCE, AL; FT enrollment: 4,770)
  • ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles; FULTON, MS; FT enrollment: 2,673)
  • JOHN C CALHOUN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 55 miles; DECATUR, AL; FT enrollment: 4,547)
  • BEVILL STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 58 miles; SUMITON, AL; FT enrollment: 2,670)
  • NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 64 miles; BOONEVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,628)
  • GEORGE C WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLL-HANCEVILLE (about 64 miles; HANCEVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 3,272)
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Public elementary/middle school in Bear Creek:

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Churches in Bear Creek include: Bear Creek Church Number 1 (A), Bear Creek Church of Christ (B), Bear Creek United Methodist Church (C), Mountain Home Church of Christ (D), Mountain Home Church (E), Hines Memorial Baptist Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: John Bull Cemetery (1), Bear Creek Cemetery (2), Bear Creek Number One Cemetery (3), Factory Cemetery (4), Mountain Home Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoir: Upper Bear Creek Reservoir (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Little Bear Creek (A), Mill Creek (B), Flat Creek (C), Austin Branch (D), Faulkner Branch (E), Shirley Branch (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Bear Creek Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

 
Drinking water stations with addresses in Bear Creek that have no violations reported:
  • BEAR CREEK WATER WORKS (Population served: 3264, Primary Water Source Type: Purch_surface_water)

Average household size:
This town:  2.5 people
Alabama:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  72.4%
Whole state:  70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  2.6%
Whole state:  3.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  18.2%
Whole state:  16.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  7.8%
Whole state:  7.3%

Bear Creek compared to Alabama state average:
  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Bear Creek (2007 data):
  • Traders & Farmers Bank: Bear Creek Branch at 309 Main Street, branch established on 1991-07-05. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $357.0 mil, Deposits: $269.5 mil, headquarters in Haleyville, AL, positive income, 7 total offices, Holding Company: Traders & Farmers Bancshares, Inc.



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2004 Presidential Election results in Marion County Alabama:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:

5.90% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,277 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.90%
Alabama average:  6.81%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Winston County, AL  0.59% ($26,455 average AGI)
from Lamar County, AL  0.52% ($23,306)
from Fayette County, AL  0.49% ($24,261)


5.45% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,485 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.45%
Alabama average:  6.16%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Winston County, AL  0.51% ($26,667 average AGI)
to Franklin County, AL  0.48% ($34,600)
to Tuscaloosa County, AL  0.36% ($39,882)


Strongest AM radio stations in Bear Creek:
  • WJBB (1230 AM; 1 kW; HALEYVILLE, AL; Owner: HALEYVILLE BROADCASTING CO. INC.)
  • WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WERH (970 AM; 5 kW; HAMILTON, AL; Owner: KATE F. FITE)
  • WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
  • WAPI (1070 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WKXM (1300 AM; 5 kW; WINFIELD, AL; Owner: AD-MEDIA MANAGEMENT CORP.)
  • WCPC (940 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, MS; Owner: WCPC BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WLOR (1550 AM; 50 kW; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)
  • WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
  • WGOL (920 AM; 1 kW; RUSSELLVILLE, AL; Owner: MCCURRY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WVNA (1590 AM; 5 kW; TUSCUMBIA, AL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)

Strongest FM radio stations in Bear Creek:
  • WJBB-FM (92.7 FM; HALEYVILLE, AL; Owner: HALEYVILLE BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WQLT-FM (107.3 FM; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: BIG RIVER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WFIX (91.3 FM; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: TRI-STATE INSPIRATIONAL B/C CORP.)
  • WMXV (103.5 FM; RUSSELLVILLE, AL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WXFL (96.1 FM; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: BIG RIVER BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WLAY-FM (100.3 FM; TUSCUMBIA, AL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WDXB (102.5 FM; JASPER, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WVNA-FM (105.5 FM; MUSCLE SHOALS, AL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WBTG-FM (106.3 FM; SHEFFIELD, AL; Owner: SLATTON & ASSOCS. BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • WKXM-FM (105.9 FM; WINFIELD, AL; Owner: AD-MEDIA MANAGEMENT CORP.)
  • WQPR (88.7 FM; MUSCLE SHOALS, AL; Owner: THE BD OF TRUSTEES UNIV. OF ALABAMA)

TV broadcast stations around Bear Creek:
  • WHDF (Channel 15; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: VALLEY TELEVISION, LLC)
  • WYLE (Channel 26; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: ETC COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
  • WCFT-TV (Channel 33; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: TV ALABAMA, INCORPORATED)
  • WDBB (Channel 17; BESSEMER, AL; Owner: WDBB-TV, INC.)
  • WFIQ (Channel 36; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: ALABAMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION)
  • W57BV (Channel 57; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • W59CF (Channel 59; RUSSELLVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITY BROADCASTING, INC.)

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