Bolivar vs Humansville

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

Bolivar and Humansville 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 1,190 in Humansville). Bolivar has the higher median household income ($44,603 vs $34,904 in Humansville). Bolivar has the higher median home value ($188,700 vs $61,400 in Humansville).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Humansville
Population	10,996	1,190
Median age	33.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,603	$34,904
Median home value	$188,700	$61,400
Median gross rent	$833	$598
Housing units	4,743	467
Homeownership rate	54.4%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Humansville
Population	10,880 → 10,996 (+1.1%)	1,023 → 1,190 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$38,396 → $44,603 (+16.2%)	$27,273 → $34,904 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$111,600 → $188,700 (+69.1%)	$50,000 → $61,400 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $833 (+19.3%)	$687 → $598 (-13.0%)

Bolivar

Population

10,88010,996

Median household income

$38,396$44,603

Median home value

$111,600$188,700

Median gross rent

$698$833

Humansville

Population

1,0231,190

Median household income

$27,273$34,904

Median home value

$50,000$61,400

Median gross rent

$687$598

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Humansville
Under 5	6.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	19.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.7%
75 and over	11.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Humansville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	71.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	0.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Humansville
No high school diploma	11.1%	22.3%
High school graduate	33.5%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Humansville
Drove alone	74.5%	76.6%
Carpooled	7.7%	15.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	1.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Humansville
1-unit, detached	67.2%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	17.3%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Humansville
Poverty rate	21.1%	35.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1985	1967