Bolivar vs Houghton

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

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

Houghton has the higher population (1,685 vs 1,108 in Bolivar). Houghton has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $53,317 in Bolivar). Houghton has the higher median home value ($153,300 vs $66,400 in Bolivar).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Houghton
Population	1,108	1,685
Median age	38.3 yrs	21.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,317	$87,188
Median home value	$66,400	$153,300
Median gross rent	$505	$975
Housing units	487	323
Homeownership rate	66.2%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	74.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Houghton
Population	874 → 1,108 (+26.8%)	1,639 → 1,685 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$40,563 → $53,317 (+31.4%)	$62,188 → $87,188 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$68,200 → $66,400 (-2.6%)	$119,200 → $153,300 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $505 (-25.7%)	$642 → $975 (+51.9%)

Bolivar

Population

8741,108

Median household income

$40,563$53,317

Median home value

$68,200$66,400

Median gross rent

$680$505

Houghton

Population

1,6391,685

Median household income

$62,188$87,188

Median home value

$119,200$153,300

Median gross rent

$642$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Houghton
Under 5	5.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	51.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	5.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	7.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	4.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	4.0%
75 and over	6.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Houghton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	90.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Houghton
No high school diploma	12.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	25.1%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	8.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	41.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Houghton
Drove alone	72.5%	40.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	37.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.3%	15.1%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Houghton
1-unit, detached	80.7%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Houghton
Poverty rate	19.1%	16.2%
Average household size	2.40	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1938	1967