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Bear Creek

Wooded Township Southeast of the Valley ยท Est. 1856

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Bear Creek at a Glance

Bear Creek Village Borough
628
Population
$165,493
Median Household Income
99%
Owner Occupied
2.93
Average Household Size
Housing Tenure
99% Owner Occupied1% Renter
ZIP 18702
41,970
Population
$57,341
Median Household Income
60%
Owner Occupied
2.36
Average Household Size
Housing Tenure
60% Owner Occupied40% Renter
Luzerne County
327,675
Population
$64,452
Median Household Income
68%
Owner Occupied
2.35
Average Household Size
Housing Tenure
68% Owner Occupied32% Renter

Source - U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Five-Year Estimates ('24).

About Bear Creek

Bear Creek Township was organized in 1856 and named for Bear Creek, a tributary of the Lehigh River. At roughly 68 square miles it is the largest municipality by area in Luzerne County. Bear Creek Village split off and incorporated as a borough on August 25, 1993. The township's 2020 population was 2,752, the village's 291.

It lies about 10 miles southeast of Wilkes-Barre on the wooded fringe of the Pocono plateau. Much of the township is forest, state game land, lakes, and the Francis E. Walter Dam and Reservoir.

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Lumberman Albert Lewis bought more than 12,000 acres here starting in 1880 and became one of the largest lumber producers on the Lehigh River. He founded the Bear Creek Ice Company in 1895, shipping ice by rail, and built a Tudor-style mansion in the village. The Bear Creek Village Historic District preserves his mills and the summer cottages built by Wilkes-Barre's elite.

That heritage still defines the market. Housing runs to wooded estates, log and custom homes, and lakefront property on large private lots. It is one of the region's most desirable rural-upscale addresses, a wooded retreat within reach of Wilkes-Barre.

Current Listings in Bear Creek

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Active Residential 42 Trailwood Lake Road, Bear Creek, PA 18702
$475,000
42 Trailwood Lake Road, Bear Creek, PA 18702
Bear Creek, PA, 18702
4 bd3 ba2,100 sf
MLS # 26-3485
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Active Residential 33 Balsam Road, Bear Creek, PA 18702
$379,000
33 Balsam Road, Bear Creek, PA 18702
Bear Creek, PA, 18702
4 bd1 ba1,978 sf
MLS # 26-3630
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Active Commercial Sale 1 Pittston Boulevard, Bear Creek, PA 18702
$360,000
1 Pittston Boulevard, Bear Creek, PA 18702
Bear Creek, PA, 18702
14 ba7,200 sf
MLS # 26-1397
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Pending Residential 4151 Bear Creek Boulevard, Bear Creek, PA 18702
$310,000
4151 Bear Creek Boulevard, Bear Creek, PA 18702
Bear Creek, PA, 18702
3 bd2 ba2,409 sf
MLS # 25-6221
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Active Land 11 & 12 Aleeda Boulevard, Bear Creek, PA 18702
$290,000
11 & 12 Aleeda Boulevard, Bear Creek, PA 18702
Bear Creek, PA, 18702
MLS # 26-2386
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Active Land 13 & 14 Aleeda Boulevard, Bear Creek, PA 18702
$275,000
13 & 14 Aleeda Boulevard, Bear Creek, PA 18702
Bear Creek, PA, 18702
MLS # 26-2387
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