Bolivar vs Smithton

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

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

Both have a population of 388. Bolivar has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $56,250 in Smithton). Smithton has the higher median home value ($104,800 vs $89,000 in Bolivar).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Smithton
Population	388	388
Median age	41.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$56,250
Median home value	$89,000	$104,800
Median gross rent	$830	$859
Housing units	175	165
Homeownership rate	86.5%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Smithton
Population	419 → 388 (-7.4%)	486 → 388 (-20.2%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $62,500 (+42.0%)	$63,333 → $56,250 (-11.2%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $89,000 (+19.8%)	$92,000 → $104,800 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $830 (+36.5%)	$761 → $859 (+12.9%)

Bolivar

Population

419388

Median household income

$44,000$62,500

Median home value

$74,300$89,000

Median gross rent

$608$830

Smithton

Population

486388

Median household income

$63,333$56,250

Median home value

$92,000$104,800

Median gross rent

$761$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Smithton
Under 5	3.9%	2.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	6.7%
45 to 54	5.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	18.3%	16.0%
75 and over	7.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Smithton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	92.8%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Smithton
No high school diploma	9.5%	8.6%
High school graduate	48.8%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Smithton
Drove alone	87.7%	82.4%
Carpooled	3.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Smithton
1-unit, detached	89.7%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Smithton
Poverty rate	11.9%	37.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1940	1938