Bolivar Peninsula vs Jamaica Beach

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

Bolivar Peninsula and Jamaica Beach 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 991 in Jamaica Beach). Jamaica Beach has the higher median household income ($88,077 vs $71,970 in Bolivar Peninsula). Bolivar Peninsula has the higher median home value ($316,400 vs $313,600 in Jamaica Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar Peninsula	Jamaica Beach
Population	2,995	991
Median age	62.6 yrs	61.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,970	$88,077
Median home value	$316,400	$313,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,732
Housing units	3,275	1,424
Homeownership rate	91.7%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Jamaica Beach
Population	2,549 → 2,995 (+17.5%)	1,117 → 991 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$52,804 → $71,970 (+36.3%)	$71,827 → $88,077 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$175,200 → $316,400 (+80.6%)	$226,100 → $313,600 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $508 (-10.2%)	$1,231 → $1,732 (+40.7%)

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

Jamaica Beach

Population

1,117991

Median household income

$71,827$88,077

Median home value

$226,100$313,600

Median gross rent

$1,231$1,732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Jamaica Beach
Under 5	6.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	3.5%	4.0%
18 to 24	1.2%	1.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	4.6%	9.0%
45 to 54	3.8%	8.9%
55 to 64	34.7%	30.7%
65 to 74	31.3%	31.9%
75 and over	8.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Jamaica Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	71.5%
Black or African American	6.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar Peninsula	Jamaica Beach
No high school diploma	4.3%	1.7%
High school graduate	41.9%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Jamaica Beach
Drove alone	75.4%	62.1%
Carpooled	11.1%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	32.6%
Other means	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Jamaica Beach
1-unit, detached	91.8%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar Peninsula	Jamaica Beach
Poverty rate	11.0%	6.2%
Average household size	1.97	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	45	28
Median year structure built	2004	1981