Housing density: 1,547 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $756,975.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,000 (lower quartile is $704, upper quartile is $1,380)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $945
Median gross rent in Big Bear Lake, CA in 2022: $1,177
Housing units in Big Bear Lake with a mortgage: 925 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 69
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $124,304
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $64,876
Median monthly housing costs: $1,243
Compare current foreclosures near Big Bear Lake, CA:
Size of family households: 827 2-persons, 200 3-persons, 121 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 59 6-persons, 47 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 718 1-person, 157 2-persons, 12 6-persons.
748 married couples with children.
292 single-parent households (81 men, 211 women).
77.7% of residents of Big Bear Lake speak English at home.
13.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (34% speak English very well, 56% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
4.3% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 633 (12.4%)
(63.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 91.4% Number of people working at home: 626 (28.1% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 79
5 to 9 minutes: 807
10 to 14 minutes: 324
15 to 19 minutes: 63
20 to 24 minutes: 43
25 to 29 minutes: 0
30 to 34 minutes: 65
35 to 39 minutes: 0
40 to 44 minutes: 0
45 to 59 minutes: 59
60 to 89 minutes: 78
90 or more minutes: 161
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 4,823 (79.4%)
Carpooled: 539 (8.9%)
Taxi: 18 (0.3%)
Walked: 34 (0.6%)
Worked at home: 626 (10.3%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
10.4%Males
2.9%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
16.1%Males
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
4.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
2.8%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Big Bear Lake, California
1962010 or later
522000 to 2009
2161990 to 1999
1161980 to 1989
451970 to 1979
150Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 241 (9.5%)
Irish: 176 (6.9%)
Italian: 100 (3.9%)
German: 81 (3.2%)
European: 72 (2.8%)
Scottish: 72 (2.8%)
Syrian: 58 (2.3%)
Canadian: 55 (2.2%)
Assyrian: 50 (2.0%)
Welsh: 40 (1.6%)
Hungarian: 33 (1.3%)
Swiss: 32 (1.3%)
French: 31 (1.2%)
Russian: 31 (1.2%)
Norwegian: 23 (0.9%)
Lebanese: 19 (0.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (0.7%)
Iranian: 14 (0.6%)
Dutch: 13 (0.5%)
Slovak: 13 (0.5%)
Belgian: 12 (0.5%)
Polish: 12 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 12 (0.5%)
Greek: 10 (0.4%)
Jamaican: 10 (0.4%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Big Bear Lake:
39.2% (242)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Iraq
Big Bear Lake:
10.0% (62)
California:
0.4% (40,941)
Canada
Big Bear Lake:
9.2% (57)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Big Bear Lake:
8.1% (50)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Thailand
Big Bear Lake:
4.5% (28)
California:
0.6% (65,335)
Syria
Big Bear Lake:
3.7% (23)
California:
0.3% (30,949)
Korea
Big Bear Lake:
3.6% (22)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Australia
Big Bear Lake:
3.2% (20)
California:
0.2% (23,338)
Lebanon
Big Bear Lake:
3.1% (19)
California:
0.3% (31,757)
Russia
Big Bear Lake:
2.4% (15)
California:
0.7% (71,932)
Philippines
Big Bear Lake:
2.3% (14)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
France
Big Bear Lake:
1.9% (12)
California:
0.4% (40,224)
Hungary
Big Bear Lake:
1.8% (11)
California:
0.1% (10,936)
India
Big Bear Lake:
1.8% (11)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Italy
Big Bear Lake:
1.6% (10)
California:
0.3% (31,439)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 3,445
Other state: 919
Northeast: 364
Midwest: 250
South: 138
West: 193
89.4% of Big Bear Lake residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 33.7% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 86.8% lived in California.
Big Bear Lake:
89.4%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 30
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 12
7th and 8th grade: 35
9th grade: 60
10th grade: 18
11th grade: 62
12th grade, no diploma: 20
High school graduate (or equivalency): 461
Less than 1 year of college: 72
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 349
Associate degree: 170
Bachelor's degree: 450
Master's degree: 237
Professional school degree: 49
Doctorate degree: 46
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 16
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 23
10th grade: 24
11th grade: 20
12th grade, no diploma: 0
High school graduate (or equivalency): 495
Less than 1 year of college: 107
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 312
Associate degree: 233
Bachelor's degree: 364
Master's degree: 155
Professional school degree: 39
Doctorate degree: 0
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 8,218
One, attached: 425
Two: 54
3 or 4: 210
5 to 9: 62
10 to 19: 76
20 to 49: 40
50 or more: 369
Mobile homes: 322
Median worth of mobile homes: $87,140
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.7%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.1%