About Bear
Set in the northwestern part of Delaware, Bear is a small unincorporated community.
Bear holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 5.78 square miles.
📰 Bear News Today
- Four people shot outside Waffle House in Bear, Delaware wboc.com · Jul 18
- 8-year-old Del. girl breaks records at national track and field meet NBC10 Philadelphia · Aug 5
- Track star, 8, from Delaware sets 3 national records FOX 29 Philadelphia · Aug 12
- State Police Investigating Shooting at Waffle House in Newark Delaware State Police (.gov) · Jul 18
- Bear, Delaware shooting on Concord Bridge Place leaves man critically injured 6abc Philadelphia · Apr 21
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Bear Unique
- The only place in America named Bear — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in northwestern Delaware, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Bear
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Bear
- LongHorn Steakhouse — steak house
- Pizza Hut — pizza
- Route 40 Diner — diner
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- Texas Roadhouse — steak house
- Asian House — asian
- Buffalo Wild Wings — wings
- El Tapatio — mexican
- IHOP — breakfast
- Marino's Pizzeria — italian
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Bear
- Becks Pond County Park reviews ★
- Castlebar Park reviews ★
- Country Creek Park reviews ★
- Forest Knoll at Wellington Woods Park reviews ★
- Garwood Park reviews ★
- Jamestowne Park reviews ★
- Kings Croft Park reviews ★
- Wellington Woods Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Bear
- Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School
- Oberle (William) Elementary School
- Wilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateDelaware
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area5.78 sq mi
Coordinates39.6189, -75.6808