Bayou Vista vs Bolivar Peninsula

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

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

Bolivar Peninsula has the higher population (2,995 vs 1,916 in Bayou Vista). Bayou Vista has the higher median household income ($114,063 vs $71,970 in Bolivar Peninsula). Bayou Vista has the higher median home value ($364,400 vs $316,400 in Bolivar Peninsula).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou Vista	Bolivar Peninsula
Population	1,916	2,995
Median age	58.6 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$114,063	$71,970
Median home value	$364,400	$316,400
Median gross rent	$2,250	—
Housing units	1,242	3,275
Homeownership rate	86.3%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou Vista	Bolivar Peninsula
Population	1,738 → 1,916 (+10.2%)	2,549 → 2,995 (+17.5%)
Median household income	$96,635 → $114,063 (+18.0%)	$52,804 → $71,970 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$273,300 → $364,400 (+33.3%)	$175,200 → $316,400 (+80.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,882 → $2,250 (+19.6%)	$566 → $508 (-10.2%)

Bayou Vista

Population

1,7381,916

Median household income

$96,635$114,063

Median home value

$273,300$364,400

Median gross rent

$1,882$2,250

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)

	Bayou Vista	Bolivar Peninsula
Under 5	2.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	5.3%	3.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	1.2%
25 to 34	5.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	3.0%	4.6%
45 to 54	22.2%	3.8%
55 to 64	28.8%	34.7%
65 to 74	20.6%	31.3%
75 and over	8.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou Vista	Bolivar Peninsula
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou Vista	Bolivar Peninsula
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	25.6%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou Vista	Bolivar Peninsula
Drove alone	75.2%	75.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	11.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	8.4%
Other means	1.4%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou Vista	Bolivar Peninsula
1-unit, detached	97.3%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Bayou Vista	Bolivar Peninsula
Poverty rate	5.3%	11.0%
Average household size	1.92	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	33	45
Median year structure built	1979	2004