Bolivar vs Whiteville

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

Bolivar and Whiteville 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 4,689 in Whiteville). Whiteville has the higher median household income ($43,438 vs $38,575 in Bolivar). Bolivar has the higher median home value ($136,000 vs $87,000 in Whiteville).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Whiteville
Population	5,171	4,689
Median age	35.9 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$38,575	$43,438
Median home value	$136,000	$87,000
Median gross rent	$827	$905
Housing units	2,495	606
Homeownership rate	56.5%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Whiteville
Population	5,031 → 5,171 (+2.8%)	4,501 → 4,689 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$32,064 → $38,575 (+20.3%)	$36,094 → $43,438 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$94,400 → $136,000 (+44.1%)	$68,400 → $87,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $827 (+35.8%)	$771 → $905 (+17.4%)

Bolivar

Population

5,0315,171

Median household income

$32,064$38,575

Median home value

$94,400$136,000

Median gross rent

$609$827

Whiteville

Population

4,5014,689

Median household income

$36,094$43,438

Median home value

$68,400$87,000

Median gross rent

$771$905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Whiteville
Under 5	5.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	4.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	17.0%	23.3%
35 to 44	7.6%	28.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	19.3%
55 to 64	15.6%	8.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	4.3%
75 and over	7.4%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Whiteville
White (non-Hispanic)	26.0%	45.9%
Black or African American	66.9%	44.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Whiteville
No high school diploma	18.8%	29.0%
High school graduate	42.5%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Whiteville
Drove alone	71.8%	90.9%
Carpooled	16.2%	5.2%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Whiteville
1-unit, detached	79.0%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Whiteville
Poverty rate	24.6%	28.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1978	1975