Bacliff vs Bolivar Peninsula

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

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

Bacliff has the higher population (9,935 vs 2,995 in Bolivar Peninsula). Bolivar Peninsula has the higher median household income ($71,970 vs $54,806 in Bacliff). Bolivar Peninsula has the higher median home value ($316,400 vs $168,000 in Bacliff).

Population, income & housing

	Bacliff	Bolivar Peninsula
Population	9,935	2,995
Median age	34.4 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,806	$71,970
Median home value	$168,000	$316,400
Median gross rent	$1,169	—
Housing units	3,950	3,275
Homeownership rate	61.5%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bacliff	Bolivar Peninsula
Population	10,856 → 9,935 (-8.5%)	2,549 → 2,995 (+17.5%)
Median household income	$46,063 → $54,806 (+19.0%)	$52,804 → $71,970 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $168,000 (+31.1%)	$175,200 → $316,400 (+80.6%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,169 (+26.4%)	$566 → $508 (-10.2%)

Bacliff

Population

10,8569,935

Median household income

$46,063$54,806

Median home value

$128,100$168,000

Median gross rent

$925$1,169

Bolivar Peninsula

Population

2,5492,995

Median household income

$52,804$71,970

Median home value

$175,200$316,400

Median gross rent

$566$508

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bacliff	Bolivar Peninsula
Under 5	4.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	3.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	1.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	4.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	3.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	34.7%
65 to 74	4.7%	31.3%
75 and over	2.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bacliff	Bolivar Peninsula
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	75.8%
Black or African American	7.5%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	45.6%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bacliff	Bolivar Peninsula
No high school diploma	21.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	23.1%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bacliff	Bolivar Peninsula
Drove alone	77.5%	75.4%
Carpooled	11.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	8.4%
Other means	1.5%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bacliff	Bolivar Peninsula
1-unit, detached	66.4%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Bacliff	Bolivar Peninsula
Poverty rate	28.0%	11.0%
Average household size	2.68	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	29	45
Median year structure built	1990	2004