Bolivar vs Pleasant Hope

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

Bolivar and Pleasant Hope 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 679 in Pleasant Hope). Pleasant Hope has the higher median household income ($61,607 vs $44,603 in Bolivar). Bolivar has the higher median home value ($188,700 vs $142,500 in Pleasant Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Pleasant Hope
Population	10,996	679
Median age	33.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,603	$61,607
Median home value	$188,700	$142,500
Median gross rent	$833	$875
Housing units	4,743	279
Homeownership rate	54.4%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Pleasant Hope
Population	10,880 → 10,996 (+1.1%)	662 → 679 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$38,396 → $44,603 (+16.2%)	$39,276 → $61,607 (+56.9%)
Median home value	$111,600 → $188,700 (+69.1%)	$106,300 → $142,500 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $833 (+19.3%)	$770 → $875 (+13.6%)

Bolivar

Population

10,88010,996

Median household income

$38,396$44,603

Median home value

$111,600$188,700

Median gross rent

$698$833

Pleasant Hope

Population

662679

Median household income

$39,276$61,607

Median home value

$106,300$142,500

Median gross rent

$770$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Pleasant Hope
Under 5	6.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	22.7%
18 to 24	19.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	19.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	9.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	4.7%
75 and over	11.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Pleasant Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	92.5%
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%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Pleasant Hope
No high school diploma	11.1%	10.7%
High school graduate	33.5%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Pleasant Hope
Drove alone	74.5%	73.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	20.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	5.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Pleasant Hope
1-unit, detached	67.2%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	17.3%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Pleasant Hope
Poverty rate	21.1%	19.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1985	1989