Big Bear City is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 12,738 people and six associated neighborhoods, Big Bear City is the 384th largest community in California.

Of important note, Big Bear City is also a town of artists. Big Bear City has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Big Bear City’s character.

A relatively large number of people in Big Bear City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.38% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Another notable thing is that Big Bear City is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Big Bear City’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Big Bear City has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Big Bear City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Big Bear City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Big Bear City may be for you.

Being a small town, Big Bear City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Big Bear City is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.42% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Big Bear City in 2022 was $38,030, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,120 for a family of four. However, Big Bear City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Big Bear City is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Big Bear City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Big Bear City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Big Bear City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.57% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Big Bear City include German, Irish, English, French, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Big Bear City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.