Bolivar vs Scio

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

Bolivar and Scio 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 641 in Scio). Scio has the higher median home value ($125,200 vs $66,400 in Bolivar). Since 2019, Bolivar's population has grown faster (+26.8% vs +8.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Scio
Population	1,108	641
Median age	38.3 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,317	—
Median home value	$66,400	$125,200
Median gross rent	$505	—
Housing units	487	373
Homeownership rate	66.2%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Scio
Population	874 → 1,108 (+26.8%)	589 → 641 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$40,563 → $53,317 (+31.4%)	$67,411 → $44,250 (-34.4%)
Median home value	$68,200 → $66,400 (-2.6%)	$71,900 → $125,200 (+74.1%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $505 (-25.7%)	$675 → $893 (+32.3%)

Bolivar

Population

8741,108

Median household income

$40,563$53,317

Median home value

$68,200$66,400

Median gross rent

$680$505

Scio

Population

589641

Median household income

$67,411$44,250

Median home value

$71,900$125,200

Median gross rent

$675$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Scio
Under 5	5.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	6.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	4.4%
35 to 44	16.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	33.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	16.1%
75 and over	6.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Scio
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	91.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Scio
No high school diploma	12.4%	0.6%
High school graduate	25.1%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Scio
Drove alone	72.5%	92.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	3.3%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Scio
1-unit, detached	80.7%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Scio
Poverty rate	19.1%	24.8%
Average household size	2.40	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1938	1954