Bolivar vs Wellsville

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

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

Wellsville has the higher population (4,846 vs 1,108 in Bolivar). Bolivar has the higher median household income ($53,317 vs $51,005 in Wellsville). Wellsville has the higher median home value ($88,100 vs $66,400 in Bolivar).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Wellsville
Population	1,108	4,846
Median age	38.3 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,317	$51,005
Median home value	$66,400	$88,100
Median gross rent	$505	$635
Housing units	487	2,459
Homeownership rate	66.2%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Wellsville
Population	874 → 1,108 (+26.8%)	4,437 → 4,846 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$40,563 → $53,317 (+31.4%)	$43,816 → $51,005 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$68,200 → $66,400 (-2.6%)	$61,900 → $88,100 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $505 (-25.7%)	$627 → $635 (+1.3%)

Bolivar

Population

8741,108

Median household income

$40,563$53,317

Median home value

$68,200$66,400

Median gross rent

$680$505

Wellsville

Population

4,4374,846

Median household income

$43,816$51,005

Median home value

$61,900$88,100

Median gross rent

$627$635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Wellsville
Under 5	5.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	11.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	6.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	14.1%
75 and over	6.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	97.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Wellsville
No high school diploma	12.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	25.1%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Wellsville
Drove alone	72.5%	84.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	5.2%
Other means	3.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	80.7%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	16.7%
20 or more units	2.7%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Wellsville
Poverty rate	19.1%	24.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1938	1941