About Irving, TX (Bear Creek) Real Estate Prices and Overview Bear Creek median real estate price is $354,747, which is more expensive than 63.3% of the neighborhoods in Texas and 46.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. The average rental price in Bear Creek is currently $1,887, based on 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 42.0% of Texas neighborhoods. Bear Creek is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Irving, Texas. Bear Creek real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Bear Creek neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present. Home and apartment vacancy rates are 6.3% in Bear Creek. 蘑菇视频 analysis shows that this rate is lower than 56.5% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies. Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics Notable & Unique: Modes of Transportation In the Bear Creek neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. 蘑菇视频's analysis reveals that 22.5% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 95.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Notable & Unique: People Bear Creek is ranked among the top 9.0% of neighborhoods for first-time home buyers to consider in the state of Texas according to 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis. Homes here are priced below median housing values in the state, yet maintain moderate appreciation rates compared to other communities. Buying into the Bear Creek neighborhood is not only an accessible option but an investment opportunity for many first-time home buyers. Notable & Unique: Diversity Significantly, 1.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America. The Neighbors: Income How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. 蘑菇视频's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood. The neighbors in the Bear Creek neighborhood in Irving are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. 蘑菇视频's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. The Neighbors: Occupations A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations. In the Bear Creek neighborhood, 35.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.0%), and 15.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations. The Neighbors: Languages The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Bear Creek neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 45.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Langs. of India. The Neighbors: Ethnicity / Ancestry Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture 鈥� our learned behavior 鈥� comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures. In the Bear Creek neighborhood in Irving, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (21.2%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report English roots (5.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.6%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (3.2%), among others. In addition, 40.1% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country. Getting to Work How you get to work 鈥� car, bus, train or other means 鈥� and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Bear Creek neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans. Here most residents (70.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (22.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.