Bolivar vs Skene

A side-by-side comparison of Bolivar and Skene: population, income, housing, and more.

Bolivar and Skene are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Skene has the higher population (146 vs 55 in Bolivar). Since 2019, Bolivar's population has grown faster (-19.1% vs -50.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Skene
Population	55	146
Median age	36.2 yrs	71.6 yrs
Housing units	21	88
Homeownership rate	100.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Skene
Population	68 → 55 (-19.1%)	295 → 146 (-50.5%)
Median household income	—	$73,162 → $83,958 (+14.8%)

Bolivar

Population

6855

Skene

Population

295146

Median household income

$73,162$83,958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Skene
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	47.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	23.6%	25.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	39.7%
75 and over	0.0%	34.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Skene
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	74.7%
Black or African American	23.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	27.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	25.3%
Hispanic or Latino	49.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Skene
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	3.4%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	69.0%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Skene
Drove alone	63.6%	0.0%
Carpooled	36.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	100.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Skene
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Skene
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.62	1.66