Bolivar vs Seward

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

Bolivar and Seward 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 351 in Seward). Bolivar has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $50,000 in Seward). Bolivar has the higher median home value ($89,000 vs $68,400 in Seward).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Seward
Population	388	351
Median age	41.9 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$50,000
Median home value	$89,000	$68,400
Median gross rent	$830	$660
Housing units	175	196
Homeownership rate	86.5%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Seward
Population	419 → 388 (-7.4%)	356 → 351 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $62,500 (+42.0%)	$42,679 → $50,000 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $89,000 (+19.8%)	$61,300 → $68,400 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $830 (+36.5%)	$714 → $660 (-7.6%)

Bolivar

Population

419388

Median household income

$44,000$62,500

Median home value

$74,300$89,000

Median gross rent

$608$830

Seward

Population

356351

Median household income

$42,679$50,000

Median home value

$61,300$68,400

Median gross rent

$714$660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Seward
Under 5	3.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	6.8%
45 to 54	5.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	18.3%	12.0%
75 and over	7.0%	16.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Seward
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
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%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Seward
No high school diploma	9.5%	11.0%
High school graduate	48.8%	65.0%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	1.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Seward
Drove alone	87.7%	87.3%
Carpooled	3.2%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Seward
1-unit, detached	89.7%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Seward
Poverty rate	11.9%	18.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1940	1949