Bolivar vs Middleton

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

Bolivar and Middleton 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 752 in Middleton). Middleton has the higher median household income ($43,295 vs $38,575 in Bolivar). Middleton has the higher median home value ($140,600 vs $136,000 in Bolivar).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Middleton
Population	5,171	752
Median age	35.9 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,575	$43,295
Median home value	$136,000	$140,600
Median gross rent	$827	$785
Housing units	2,495	364
Homeownership rate	56.5%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Middleton
Population	5,031 → 5,171 (+2.8%)	891 → 752 (-15.6%)
Median household income	$32,064 → $38,575 (+20.3%)	$37,361 → $43,295 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$94,400 → $136,000 (+44.1%)	$93,100 → $140,600 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $827 (+35.8%)	$726 → $785 (+8.1%)

Bolivar

Population

5,0315,171

Median household income

$32,064$38,575

Median home value

$94,400$136,000

Median gross rent

$609$827

Middleton

Population

891752

Median household income

$37,361$43,295

Median home value

$93,100$140,600

Median gross rent

$726$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Middleton
Under 5	5.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	17.0%	18.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	6.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	5.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.0%
75 and over	7.4%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Middleton
White (non-Hispanic)	26.0%	71.0%
Black or African American	66.9%	27.1%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Middleton
No high school diploma	18.8%	8.5%
High school graduate	42.5%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Middleton
Drove alone	71.8%	79.6%
Carpooled	16.2%	7.8%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	9.2%
Other means	2.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Middleton
1-unit, detached	79.0%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Middleton
Poverty rate	24.6%	24.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1978	1980