Bolivar vs Grand Junction

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

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

Bolivar has the higher population (5,171 vs 560 in Grand Junction). Grand Junction has the higher median household income ($74,583 vs $38,575 in Bolivar). Grand Junction has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $136,000 in Bolivar).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Grand Junction
Population	5,171	560
Median age	35.9 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,575	$74,583
Median home value	$136,000	$154,000
Median gross rent	$827	$839
Housing units	2,495	217
Homeownership rate	56.5%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Grand Junction
Population	5,031 → 5,171 (+2.8%)	392 → 560 (+42.9%)
Median household income	$32,064 → $38,575 (+20.3%)	$45,500 → $74,583 (+63.9%)
Median home value	$94,400 → $136,000 (+44.1%)	$83,500 → $154,000 (+84.4%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $827 (+35.8%)	$933 → $839 (-10.1%)

Bolivar

Population

5,0315,171

Median household income

$32,064$38,575

Median home value

$94,400$136,000

Median gross rent

$609$827

Grand Junction

Population

392560

Median household income

$45,500$74,583

Median home value

$83,500$154,000

Median gross rent

$933$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Grand Junction
Under 5	5.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	12.0%
25 to 34	17.0%	21.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	6.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	17.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	6.1%
75 and over	7.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Grand Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	26.0%	31.6%
Black or African American	66.9%	66.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Grand Junction
No high school diploma	18.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	42.5%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Grand Junction
Drove alone	71.8%	95.7%
Carpooled	16.2%	2.7%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	1.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Grand Junction
1-unit, detached	79.0%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Grand Junction
Poverty rate	24.6%	12.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	31	59
Median year structure built	1978	1955