Bear Valley | |
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 A snowbound cabin in Bear Valley | |
 Location inAlpine County and the state ofCalifornia | |
  Bear Valley Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates:38°27′53″N120°02′24″W / 38.46472°N 120.04000°W /38.46472; -120.04000 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County | Alpine |
| Government | |
| • State Senate | Marie Alvarado-Gil (R)[1] |
| • State Assembly | Heather Hadwick (R)[2] |
| • U. S. Congress | Kevin Kiley (R)[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.18 sq mi (13.41 km2) |
| • Land | 5.15 sq mi (13.35 km2) |
| • Water | 0.023 sq mi (0.06 km2) 0.42% |
| Elevation | 7,100 ft (2,164 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 128 |
| • Density | 24.8/sq mi (9.59/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 95223 |
| Area codes | 209, 350 |
| FIPS code | 06-04716 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1658018,2407814 |
| Website | www |
Bear Valley is acensus-designated place inAlpine County,California, best known as the location of theBear Valley ski area. The population was 128 at the 2020 census, up from 121 at the 2010 census.
Bear Valley is within theStanislaus National Forest and is reached by State Route 4. According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.2 square miles (13 km2), of which 99.58% is land and 0.42% is water. Although inside Alpine County, Bear Valley Fire Department has contracted withCalifornia Department of Forestry, San Andreas, for dispatching.[citation needed]
Bear Valley's central Sierra location and elevation gives it a warm-summer Mediterranean climate that is nearly a subarctic climate. Precipitation is seen for a lot of the year except for the middle of the summer, which can experience rare, but not unseen, thunderstorms. Late fall to early spring brings in most of the yearly precipitation, typically in the form of abundant snowfall. Furthermore, summers are warm with cool nights while winters are cold and relatively long.
The Bear Valley post office opened in 1967.[5]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 133 | — | |
| 2010 | 121 | −9.0% | |
| 2020 | 128 | 5.8% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[6] 1850–1870[7][8] 1880-1890[9] 1900[10] 1910[11] 1920[12] 1930[13] 1940[14] 1950[15] 1960[16] 1970[17] 1980[18] 1990[19]2000[20] 2010[21] | |||
Bear Valley first appeared as acensus designated place in the2000 U.S. census.[20]
| Race / Ethnicity(NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000[22] | Pop 2010[23] | Pop 2020[24] | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White alone (NH) | 116 | 118 | 113 | 87.22% | 97.52% | 88.28% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Native American orAlaska Native alone (NH) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.26% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | 0.83% | 0.78% |
| Native Hawaiian orPacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.75% | 0.00% | 2.34% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6.02% | 0.83% | 3.91% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3.76% | 0.83% | 4.69% |
| Total | 133 | 121 | 128 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
The2020 United States census reported that Bear Valley had a population of 128. The population density was 24.8 inhabitants per square mile (9.6/km2). The racial makeup of Bear Valley was 91.4%White, 0.0%African American, 0.0%Native American, 0.8%Asian, 0.0%Pacific Islander, 2.3% fromother races, and 5.5% from two or more races.Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.7% of the population.
There were 79 households, out of which 21.5% included children under the age of 18, 64.6% were married-couple households, 5.1% werecohabiting couple households, 7.6% had a female householder with no partner present, and 22.8% had a male householder with no partner present. 20.3% of households were one person, and 6.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.62. There were 58families (73.4% of all households).
The age distribution was 19.5% under the age of 18, 10.2% aged 18 to 24, 12.5% aged 25 to 44, 26.6% aged 45 to 64, and 31.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54.0 years. There were 76 males and 52 females.
There were 532 housing units at an average density of 103.2 units per square mile (39.8 units/km2), of which 79 (14.8%) were occupied. Of these, 84.8% were owner-occupied, and 15.2% were occupied by renters.[25][26]
"Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit: 2005 Pre-Fire Management Plan September 28, 2005 Edition," California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 09-28-2005, pp. 16.
Municipalities and communities ofAlpine County, California,United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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