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Bolivar city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Bolivar city is a Census city of 11,170 people across 8.23 square miles of land, in Polk County. Median household income is $49,622, 54.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 57 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $31.0 m.
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Bolivar
What Bolivar is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.23 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,358
- County holding the largest share of its areaPolk County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bolivar
How many people live in Bolivar
- Population11,170
- Median age34.1
- Population under 182,325
- Share under 1820.8 percent
- Population 65 and over2,283
- Share 65 and over20.4 percent
- Households4,475
- Family households2,457
- Share of households that are families54.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bolivar
Income and work in Bolivar
- Median household income$49,622
- Per capita income$29,785
- Civilian labor force5,226
- Employed4,982
- Unemployed244 plus or minus 126
- Unemployment rate4.7 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over6,733
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.9 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bolivar
Housing in Bolivar
- Housing units5,085
- Occupied units4,475
- Vacant units610 plus or minus 233
- Vacancy rate12.0 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Owner occupied2,417
- Renter occupied2,058
- Ownership rate54.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$201,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$812
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.6 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Single family units3,406
- Share single family67.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,593 plus or minus 339
- Share in buildings of two or more31.3 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Mobile homes86 plus or minus 85
- Median year structure built1984
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bolivar
How Bolivar gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,453
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,260
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,647 plus or minus 340
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.0 percent
- Drove alone76.9 percent
- Carpooled7.7 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked3.0 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home10.1 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bolivar
SBA loans in Bolivar (7(a))
- Approvals57
- Gross approval$30,951,900
- Average approval$543,016
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,800,000
- Largest approval$3,388,000
- Jobs supported309
- Jobs per approval5.4
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Paid in full8
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more40.4 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders13
- Distinct industries by NAICS41
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 8 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bolivar
SBA loans in Bolivar (504)
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$3,061,000
- Average approval$437,286
- Median approval$314,000
- Largest approval$1,025,000
- Jobs supported16
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Polk County, not Bolivar
Polk County context, not Bolivar figures
These are Polk County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bolivar measurements.
- Establishments in Polk County600
- Employment at those establishments, Polk County7,340
- Covered employment, Polk County9,503
- Average annual pay, Polk County$46,113
- Average weekly wage, Polk County$887
- Housing units permitted, Polk County188
- Of those, single family, Polk County84
- County product, 2024, Polk County$1,168,438,000
- County product change over the prior year, Polk County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Polk County$51,461
Every figure in this section is published for Polk County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bolivar. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Bolivar questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bolivar, Missouri?
11,170, in 4,475 households. Bolivar city covers 8.23 square miles of land, which is 1,358 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bolivar in?
Polk County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Bolivar?
$49,622. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $201,600. Median gross rent is $812 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bolivar businesses?
57 7(a) approvals totalling $31.0 m, across 13 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 7 504 approvals worth $3.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bolivar, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bolivar borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bolivar. only 8 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Bolivar figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Polk County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Bolivar.
Is zoning published for Bolivar?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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