Official Name: | Bear River, Wyoming |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Mapsize: | 260px |
Pushpin Map: | USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the United States |
Coordinates: | 41.3842°N -111.0264°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Wyoming |
Subdivision Name2: | Uinta |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.98 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.92 |
Area Land Km2: | 4.98 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.92 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Elevation Ft: | 6532 |
Population Total: | 518 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Density Km2: | 101.59 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 263.13 |
Population Est: | 506 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2019 |
Area Code: | 307 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 56-05625[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1926815 |
Pop Est Footnotes: | [3] |
Bear River is a town in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States, incorporated in 2001. The population was 518 at the 2010 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.9sqmi, all land.[4]
As of the census[5] of 2010, there were 518 people, 182 households, and 147 families residing in the town. The population density was 272.6PD/sqmi. There were 190 housing units at an average density of 100/sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 95.8% White, 0.2% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 1.4% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.2% of the population.
There were 182 households, of which 42.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.9% were married couples living together, 2.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 19.2% were non-families. 14.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.16.
The median age in the town was 38 years. 29.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24% were from 25 to 44; 36% were from 45 to 64; and 4.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 51.2% male and 48.8% female.
Public education in the town of Bear River is provided by Uinta County School District #1.