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Bolivar city, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Bolivar city is a Census city of 5,144 people across 8.11 square miles of land, in Hardeman County. Median household income is $39,028, 57.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $689,000.
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Bolivar
What Bolivar is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.11 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land634
- County holding the largest share of its areaHardeman 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
- Population5,144
- Median age34.5
- Population under 181,210
- Share under 1823.5 percent
- Population 65 and over991 plus or minus 231
- Share 65 and over19.3 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Households2,118
- Family households1,161
- Share of households that are families54.8 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$39,028
- Per capita income$23,717
- Civilian labor force2,631
- Employed2,284
- Unemployed347 plus or minus 327
- Unemployment rate13.2 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Adults 25 and over3,383
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.1 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.5 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bolivar
Housing in Bolivar
- Housing units2,276
- Occupied units2,118
- Vacant units158 plus or minus 95
- Vacancy rate6.9 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Owner occupied1,209
- Renter occupied909 plus or minus 253
- Ownership rate57.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$150,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$808
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.8 percent
- Single family units1,731
- Share single family76.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more391 plus or minus 175
- Share in buildings of two or more17.2 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Mobile homes154 plus or minus 114
- Median year structure built1981
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 commute1,967
- Commuting under 15 minutes663 plus or minus 207
- Share commuting under 15 minutes33.7 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more965 plus or minus 323
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more49.1 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Drove alone69.8 percent
- Carpooled15.4 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home10.6 percent plus or minus 6.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bolivar
SBA 7(a) lending to Bolivar borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$689,000
- Average approval$229,667
- Median approval$189,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$350,000
- Largest approval$350,000
- Jobs supported20
- Jobs per approval6.7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more66.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Hardeman County, not Bolivar
Hardeman County context, not Bolivar figures
These are Hardeman 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 Hardeman County314
- Employment at those establishments, Hardeman County4,404
- Covered employment, Hardeman County6,576
- Average annual pay, Hardeman County$51,533
- Average weekly wage, Hardeman County$991
- Housing units permitted, Hardeman County30
- Of those, single family, Hardeman County28
- County product, 2024, Hardeman County$820,820,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hardeman County5.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hardeman County$39,799
Every figure in this section is published for Hardeman 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, Tennessee?
5,144, in 2,118 households. Bolivar city covers 8.11 square miles of land, which is 634 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?
Hardeman 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?
$39,028. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $150,200. Median gross rent is $808 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?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $689,000, across 3 lenders, median approval $189,000. 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 1 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 Hardeman 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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