Bolivar vs Fair Play

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

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

Bolivar has the higher population (10,996 vs 470 in Fair Play). Bolivar has the higher median household income ($44,603 vs $37,125 in Fair Play). Bolivar has the higher median home value ($188,700 vs $73,800 in Fair Play).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Fair Play
Population	10,996	470
Median age	33.4 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,603	$37,125
Median home value	$188,700	$73,800
Median gross rent	$833	$938
Housing units	4,743	246
Homeownership rate	54.4%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Fair Play
Population	10,880 → 10,996 (+1.1%)	425 → 470 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$38,396 → $44,603 (+16.2%)	$28,661 → $37,125 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$111,600 → $188,700 (+69.1%)	$47,800 → $73,800 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $833 (+19.3%)	$763 → $938 (+22.9%)

Bolivar

Population

10,88010,996

Median household income

$38,396$44,603

Median home value

$111,600$188,700

Median gross rent

$698$833

Fair Play

Population

425470

Median household income

$28,661$37,125

Median home value

$47,800$73,800

Median gross rent

$763$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Fair Play
Under 5	6.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	19.4%	13.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	5.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	5.5%
45 to 54	8.6%	26.4%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	4.7%
75 and over	11.1%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Fair Play
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Fair Play
No high school diploma	11.1%	16.3%
High school graduate	33.5%	52.0%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Fair Play
Drove alone	74.5%	86.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	12.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	1.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Fair Play
1-unit, detached	67.2%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.3%	19.9%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Fair Play
Poverty rate	21.1%	29.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1985	1965