Bolivar Peninsula vs San Leon

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

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

San Leon has the higher population (5,764 vs 2,995 in Bolivar Peninsula). San Leon has the higher median household income ($76,573 vs $71,970 in Bolivar Peninsula). Bolivar Peninsula has the higher median home value ($316,400 vs $166,700 in San Leon).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar Peninsula	San Leon
Population	2,995	5,764
Median age	62.6 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,970	$76,573
Median home value	$316,400	$166,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,152
Housing units	3,275	2,846
Homeownership rate	91.7%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar Peninsula	San Leon
Population	2,549 → 2,995 (+17.5%)	5,336 → 5,764 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$52,804 → $71,970 (+36.3%)	$39,542 → $76,573 (+93.6%)
Median home value	$175,200 → $316,400 (+80.6%)	$130,300 → $166,700 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $508 (-10.2%)	$846 → $1,152 (+36.2%)

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

San Leon

Population

5,3365,764

Median household income

$39,542$76,573

Median home value

$130,300$166,700

Median gross rent

$846$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	San Leon
Under 5	6.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	3.5%	10.7%
18 to 24	1.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	4.6%	16.7%
45 to 54	3.8%	19.3%
55 to 64	34.7%	16.5%
65 to 74	31.3%	12.6%
75 and over	8.0%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	San Leon
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	47.0%
Black or African American	6.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	48.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar Peninsula	San Leon
No high school diploma	4.3%	29.3%
High school graduate	41.9%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	San Leon
Drove alone	75.4%	67.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	8.5%
Other means	5.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	San Leon
1-unit, detached	91.8%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	37.1%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar Peninsula	San Leon
Poverty rate	11.0%	8.2%
Average household size	1.97	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	45	32
Median year structure built	2004	1996