Bolivar vs Halfway

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

Bolivar and Halfway 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 123 in Halfway). Bolivar has the higher median household income ($44,603 vs $40,139 in Halfway). Since 2019, Halfway's population has grown faster (+3.4% vs +1.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Halfway
Population	10,996	123
Median age	33.4 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,603	$40,139
Median home value	$188,700	—
Median gross rent	$833	$688
Housing units	4,743	74
Homeownership rate	54.4%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Halfway
Population	10,880 → 10,996 (+1.1%)	119 → 123 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$38,396 → $44,603 (+16.2%)	$35,313 → $40,139 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$111,600 → $188,700 (+69.1%)	$81,900 → $92,500 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $833 (+19.3%)	$567 → $688 (+21.3%)

Bolivar

Population

10,88010,996

Median household income

$38,396$44,603

Median home value

$111,600$188,700

Median gross rent

$698$833

Halfway

Population

119123

Median household income

$35,313$40,139

Median home value

$81,900$92,500

Median gross rent

$567$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Halfway
Under 5	6.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.2%	12.2%
18 to 24	19.4%	0.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	17.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	8.6%	8.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	39.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	4.9%
75 and over	11.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Halfway
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	87.0%
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%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Halfway
No high school diploma	11.1%	22.3%
High school graduate	33.5%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Halfway
Drove alone	74.5%	90.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Halfway
1-unit, detached	67.2%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.3%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	25.7%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Halfway
Poverty rate	21.1%	23.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1985	1970