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Bolivar, TN

5,144 Population
8.1 square miles 634 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hardeman County: 40.1 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,717 ±$4,359 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Hardeman County: $23,153 ±$1,439
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,028 ±$5,928 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hardeman County: $46,069 ±$3,221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.7% ±10% (1,089  ±501) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hardeman County: 19% † 4,138 (±3.4% / ±736)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.5 minutes ±6.7 (58,025  ±15,977) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hardeman County: 32.6 260,805 (±1.5 / ±24,290)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,118 ±241 Number of households
  • Hardeman County: 9,110 ±338
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (4,914  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hardeman County: 2.4 21,782 (±0.1 / ±429)
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±5.5% (37  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hardeman County: 6.4% † 293 (±2.7% / ±126)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,276 ±250 Number of housing units
  • Hardeman County: 10,750 ±182
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$150,200 ±$23,174 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Hardeman County: $121,700 ±$7,836
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±6.5% (581  ±329.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hardeman County: 9.5% † 2,391 (±2.3% / ±571.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.2% ±10.8% (2,850  ±419.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hardeman County: 82.9% 15,243 (±6.8% / ±1,254.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.1% ±5.9% (511  ±203.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hardeman County: 12.2% † 2,243 (±2.1% / ±391.5)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about two-fifths 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

0.7% ±0.8% (34  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hardeman County: 1.7% 428
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±3.2% (183  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hardeman County: 7.7% † 1,586 (±1.8% / ±377)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
183 Total veterans ±126 174 Male ±121 9 Female ±15

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