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Bolivar town, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Bolivar town is a Census town of 1,215 people across 0.43 square miles of land, in Jefferson County. Median household income is $83,068, 57.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Bolivar
What Bolivar is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.43 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,805 plus or minus 607
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson 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
- Population1,215 plus or minus 263
- Median age39.3
- Population under 18255 plus or minus 103
- Share under 1821.0 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Population 65 and over157 plus or minus 58
- Share 65 and over12.9 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Households529
- Family households293 plus or minus 76
- Share of households that are families55.4 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$83,068 plus or minus $19,876
- Per capita income$42,670
- Civilian labor force723 plus or minus 176
- Employed682 plus or minus 170
- Unemployed41 plus or minus 26
- Unemployment rate5.7 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over864
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.1 percent plus or minus 24.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher35.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.9 percent plus or minus 6.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bolivar
Housing in Bolivar
- Housing units608
- Occupied units529
- Vacant units79 plus or minus 40
- Vacancy rate13.0 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Owner occupied304 plus or minus 65
- Renter occupied225 plus or minus 73
- Ownership rate57.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$251,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,505
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.7 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Single family units499
- Share single family82.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more109 plus or minus 62
- Share in buildings of two or more17.9 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1977
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 commute552 plus or minus 154
- Commuting under 15 minutes126 plus or minus 46
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.8 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more337 plus or minus 130
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more61.1 percent plus or minus 16.1
- Drove alone73.9 percent
- Carpooled4.2 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport1.2 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Walked3.0 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Worked from home17.7 percent plus or minus 5.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jefferson County, not Bolivar
Jefferson County context, not Bolivar figures
These are Jefferson 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 Jefferson County976
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County13,457
- Covered employment, Jefferson County17,087
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$61,812
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$1,189
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County990
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County776
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$3,037,044,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County14.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$82,352
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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, West Virginia?
1,215, in 529 households. Bolivar town covers 0.43 square miles of land, which is 2,805 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?
Jefferson 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?
$83,068. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $251,600. Median gross rent is $1,505 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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 Jefferson 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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