Belfast vs Bolivar

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

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

Bolivar has the higher population (1,108 vs 648 in Belfast). Bolivar has the higher median household income ($53,317 vs $51,250 in Belfast). Belfast has the higher median home value ($85,700 vs $66,400 in Bolivar).

Population, income & housing

	Belfast	Bolivar
Population	648	1,108
Median age	35.6 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$53,317
Median home value	$85,700	$66,400
Median gross rent	$505	$505
Housing units	280	487
Homeownership rate	69.0%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belfast	Bolivar
Population	771 → 648 (-16.0%)	874 → 1,108 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$52,375 → $51,250 (-2.1%)	$40,563 → $53,317 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $85,700 (+26.4%)	$68,200 → $66,400 (-2.6%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $505 (-6.0%)	$680 → $505 (-25.7%)

Belfast

Population

771648

Median household income

$52,375$51,250

Median home value

$67,800$85,700

Median gross rent

$537$505

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)

	Belfast	Bolivar
Under 5	3.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	20.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	16.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	7.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	16.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.0%
75 and over	10.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belfast	Bolivar
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belfast	Bolivar
No high school diploma	6.2%	12.4%
High school graduate	47.9%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belfast	Bolivar
Drove alone	73.4%	72.5%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	10.3%
Other means	9.2%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belfast	Bolivar
1-unit, detached	75.4%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	4.7%
20 or more units	13.6%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Belfast	Bolivar
Poverty rate	11.5%	19.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938