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Bolivar, MO

11,170 Population
8.2 square miles 1,357.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,785 ±$3,168 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: $36,122 ±$664
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,622 ±$8,747 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: $65,071 ±$999
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.8% ±5% (1,911  ±510) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 13.1% 62,130 (±0.7% / ±3,433)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±2.5 (98,215  ±14,472) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 22.2 4,596,585 (±0.3 / ±89,324)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,475 ±246 Number of households
  • the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 198,884 ±1,116
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (10,044  ±70) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 2.4 473,498 (±0 / ±153)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±3.7% (175  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 6% † 6,900 (±0.7% / ±785)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,085 ±288 Number of housing units
  • the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 212,213 ±126
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$201,600 ±$15,211 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: $230,700 ±$2,916
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.6% ±4.1% (2,052  ±453) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 14.4% 69,380 (±0.6% / ±3,017)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.3% ±6.7% (6,079  ±543.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 92.9% 300,568 (±1.3% / ±4,052.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.9% ±4.7% (1,878  ±327.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 30.8% 99,670 (±0.7% / ±2,290.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% ±0.9% (207  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 3.1% 15,143
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±1.9% (511  ±165) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 7.6% 28,516 (±0.3% / ±1,283)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
511 Total veterans ±165 442 Male ±143 69 Female ±65

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