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Bolivar, TN

5,171 Population
8.1 square miles 637.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±11.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hardeman County: 40.4 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,041 ±$3,440 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Hardeman County: $22,580 ±$1,052
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$38,575 ±$4,752 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hardeman County: $46,173 ±$3,168
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

24.6% ±10.9% (1,254  ±557) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hardeman County: 17.3% † 3,789 (±2.9% / ±647)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

31.5 minutes ±5.8 (62,265  ±15,502) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Hardeman County: 33.3 266,405 (±2.5 / ±26,676)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

2,216 ±251 Number of households
  • Hardeman County: 9,049 ±353
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.2 ±0.3 (4,951  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hardeman County: 2.4 21,823 (±0.1 / ±428)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

4.5% ±4.3% (40  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Hardeman County: 8.2% † 378 (±3.4% / ±155)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

2,495 ±252 Number of housing units
  • Hardeman County: 10,708 ±182
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$136,000 ±$29,330 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hardeman County: $116,800 ±$5,520
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

11.2% ±6.9% (574  ±353.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Hardeman County: 11.5% † 2,897 (±2.7% / ±673.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

81.2% ±10% (2,902  ±421.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hardeman County: 82.6% 15,168 (±5.4% / ±989.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
12% ±4.6% (427  ±166.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hardeman County: 11.3% † 2,074 (±1.6% / ±293.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

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

0.6% ±0.6% (30  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Hardeman County: 1.3% 325
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

5.8% ±3.1% (230  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hardeman County: 7.5% † 1,529 (±1.4% / ±294)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
230 Total veterans ±124 219 Male ±122 11 Female ±19

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