Bolivar Peninsula vs Hitchcock

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

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

Hitchcock has the higher population (7,480 vs 2,995 in Bolivar Peninsula). Hitchcock has the higher median household income ($77,713 vs $71,970 in Bolivar Peninsula). Bolivar Peninsula has the higher median home value ($316,400 vs $159,500 in Hitchcock).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar Peninsula	Hitchcock
Population	2,995	7,480
Median age	62.6 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,970	$77,713
Median home value	$316,400	$159,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,370
Housing units	3,275	3,040
Homeownership rate	91.7%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Hitchcock
Population	2,549 → 2,995 (+17.5%)	7,800 → 7,480 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$52,804 → $71,970 (+36.3%)	$57,829 → $77,713 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$175,200 → $316,400 (+80.6%)	$114,000 → $159,500 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $508 (-10.2%)	$870 → $1,370 (+57.5%)

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

Hitchcock

Population

7,8007,480

Median household income

$57,829$77,713

Median home value

$114,000$159,500

Median gross rent

$870$1,370

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Hitchcock
Under 5	6.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	3.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	1.2%	10.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	4.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	3.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	34.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	31.3%	10.7%
75 and over	8.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Hitchcock
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	40.3%
Black or African American	6.2%	27.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	26.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar Peninsula	Hitchcock
No high school diploma	4.3%	11.6%
High school graduate	41.9%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Hitchcock
Drove alone	75.4%	86.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	4.0%
Other means	5.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Hitchcock
1-unit, detached	91.8%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar Peninsula	Hitchcock
Poverty rate	11.0%	17.4%
Average household size	1.97	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	45	28
Median year structure built	2004	1983