Bolivar vs Madison

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

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

Bolivar has the higher population (388 vs 385 in Madison). Madison has the higher median household income ($87,292 vs $62,500 in Bolivar). Madison has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $89,000 in Bolivar).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Madison
Population	388	385
Median age	41.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$87,292
Median home value	$89,000	$250,000
Median gross rent	$830	$675
Housing units	175	173
Homeownership rate	86.5%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Madison
Population	419 → 388 (-7.4%)	367 → 385 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $62,500 (+42.0%)	$58,359 → $87,292 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $89,000 (+19.8%)	$163,200 → $250,000 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $830 (+36.5%)	$600 → $675 (+12.5%)

Bolivar

Population

419388

Median household income

$44,000$62,500

Median home value

$74,300$89,000

Median gross rent

$608$830

Madison

Population

367385

Median household income

$58,359$87,292

Median home value

$163,200$250,000

Median gross rent

$600$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Madison
Under 5	3.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	22.1%
18 to 24	4.1%	2.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	19.7%
45 to 54	5.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	9.4%
65 to 74	18.3%	20.5%
75 and over	7.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Madison
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Madison
No high school diploma	9.5%	2.1%
High school graduate	48.8%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Madison
Drove alone	87.7%	90.7%
Carpooled	3.2%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Madison
1-unit, detached	89.7%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Madison
Poverty rate	11.9%	4.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1940	1958