Bolivar vs Mineral City

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

Bolivar and Mineral City are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bolivar has the higher population (949 vs 584 in Mineral City). Bolivar has the higher median household income ($70,132 vs $39,712 in Mineral City). Bolivar has the higher median home value ($179,700 vs $90,400 in Mineral City).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Mineral City
Population	949	584
Median age	50.7 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,132	$39,712
Median home value	$179,700	$90,400
Median gross rent	$777	$740
Housing units	395	279
Homeownership rate	77.7%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Mineral City
Population	1,122 → 949 (-15.4%)	705 → 584 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $70,132 (+15.7%)	$45,625 → $39,712 (-13.0%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $179,700 (+46.5%)	$83,100 → $90,400 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $777 (+1.6%)	$714 → $740 (+3.6%)

Bolivar

Population

1,122949

Median household income

$60,625$70,132

Median home value

$122,700$179,700

Median gross rent

$765$777

Mineral City

Population

705584

Median household income

$45,625$39,712

Median home value

$83,100$90,400

Median gross rent

$714$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Mineral City
Under 5	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.3%	24.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	16.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	6.7%
75 and over	17.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Mineral City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Mineral City
No high school diploma	4.0%	13.3%
High school graduate	36.6%	54.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Mineral City
Drove alone	88.7%	89.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Mineral City
1-unit, detached	78.0%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Mineral City
Poverty rate	8.1%	22.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1960	1956