Bolivar Peninsula vs Tiki Island

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

Bolivar Peninsula and Tiki Island 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 1,209 in Tiki Island). Tiki Island has the higher median household income ($124,000 vs $71,970 in Bolivar Peninsula). Tiki Island has the higher median home value ($618,800 vs $316,400 in Bolivar Peninsula).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar Peninsula	Tiki Island
Population	2,995	1,209
Median age	62.6 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,970	$124,000
Median home value	$316,400	$618,800
Median gross rent	—	$2,202
Housing units	3,275	1,166
Homeownership rate	91.7%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Tiki Island
Population	2,549 → 2,995 (+17.5%)	1,051 → 1,209 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$52,804 → $71,970 (+36.3%)	$129,583 → $124,000 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$175,200 → $316,400 (+80.6%)	$478,300 → $618,800 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $508 (-10.2%)	$1,444 → $2,202 (+52.5%)

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

Tiki Island

Population

1,0511,209

Median household income

$129,583$124,000

Median home value

$478,300$618,800

Median gross rent

$1,444$2,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Tiki Island
Under 5	6.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	3.5%	5.0%
18 to 24	1.2%	2.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	5.5%
35 to 44	4.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	3.8%	16.9%
55 to 64	34.7%	33.5%
65 to 74	31.3%	19.9%
75 and over	8.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Tiki Island
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	82.7%
Black or African American	6.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar Peninsula	Tiki Island
No high school diploma	4.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	41.9%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Tiki Island
Drove alone	75.4%	65.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	30.8%
Other means	5.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Tiki Island
1-unit, detached	91.8%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar Peninsula	Tiki Island
Poverty rate	11.0%	3.5%
Average household size	1.97	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	45	36
Median year structure built	2004	1993