Alfred vs Bolivar

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

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

Alfred has the higher population (4,632 vs 1,108 in Bolivar). Bolivar has the higher median household income ($53,317 vs $45,357 in Alfred). Alfred has the higher median home value ($169,100 vs $66,400 in Bolivar).

Population, income & housing

	Alfred	Bolivar
Population	4,632	1,108
Median age	20.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,357	$53,317
Median home value	$169,100	$66,400
Median gross rent	$807	$505
Housing units	680	487
Homeownership rate	52.6%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.1%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alfred	Bolivar
Population	4,293 → 4,632 (+7.9%)	874 → 1,108 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $45,357 (+34.4%)	$40,563 → $53,317 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $169,100 (+51.4%)	$68,200 → $66,400 (-2.6%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $807 (+7.9%)	$680 → $505 (-25.7%)

Alfred

Population

4,2934,632

Median household income

$33,750$45,357

Median home value

$111,700$169,100

Median gross rent

$748$807

Bolivar

Population

8741,108

Median household income

$40,563$53,317

Median home value

$68,200$66,400

Median gross rent

$680$505

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alfred	Bolivar
Under 5	1.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	3.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	78.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	4.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	2.8%	16.6%
45 to 54	2.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	2.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	2.8%	10.0%
75 and over	1.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alfred	Bolivar
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	95.9%
Black or African American	10.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alfred	Bolivar
No high school diploma	4.6%	12.4%
High school graduate	5.5%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	50.6%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alfred	Bolivar
Drove alone	35.9%	72.5%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.6%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	44.6%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	10.3%
Other means	1.1%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alfred	Bolivar
1-unit, detached	46.9%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	28.4%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	4.7%
20 or more units	9.4%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Alfred	Bolivar
Poverty rate	32.7%	19.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	12	24
Median year structure built	1962	1938