Bolivar vs Hornsby

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

Bolivar and Hornsby 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 260 in Hornsby). Hornsby has the higher median household income ($46,696 vs $38,575 in Bolivar). Bolivar has the higher median home value ($136,000 vs $103,100 in Hornsby).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Hornsby
Population	5,171	260
Median age	35.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,575	$46,696
Median home value	$136,000	$103,100
Median gross rent	$827	—
Housing units	2,495	122
Homeownership rate	56.5%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Hornsby
Population	5,031 → 5,171 (+2.8%)	311 → 260 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$32,064 → $38,575 (+20.3%)	$34,844 → $46,696 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$94,400 → $136,000 (+44.1%)	$81,100 → $103,100 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $827 (+35.8%)	$763 → $767 (+0.5%)

Bolivar

Population

5,0315,171

Median household income

$32,064$38,575

Median home value

$94,400$136,000

Median gross rent

$609$827

Hornsby

Population

311260

Median household income

$34,844$46,696

Median home value

$81,100$103,100

Median gross rent

$763$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Hornsby
Under 5	5.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	24.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.4%
25 to 34	17.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	7.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.3%
75 and over	7.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Hornsby
White (non-Hispanic)	26.0%	98.8%
Black or African American	66.9%	0.0%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Hornsby
No high school diploma	18.8%	13.5%
High school graduate	42.5%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Hornsby
Drove alone	71.8%	83.5%
Carpooled	16.2%	7.1%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	9.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Hornsby
1-unit, detached	79.0%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Hornsby
Poverty rate	24.6%	15.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	31	41
Median year structure built	1978	1968