Bolivar vs Charles Town

A side-by-side comparison of Bolivar and Charles Town: population, income, housing, and more.

Bolivar and Charles Town are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Charles Town has the higher population (6,854 vs 1,317 in Bolivar). Charles Town has the higher median household income ($94,830 vs $81,641 in Bolivar). Charles Town has the higher median home value ($359,500 vs $253,700 in Bolivar).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Charles Town
Population	1,317	6,854
Median age	39.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,641	$94,830
Median home value	$253,700	$359,500
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,086
Housing units	629	2,741
Homeownership rate	58.6%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Charles Town
Population	1,234 → 1,317 (+6.7%)	5,943 → 6,854 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$72,344 → $81,641 (+12.9%)	$80,278 → $94,830 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$191,400 → $253,700 (+32.5%)	$255,600 → $359,500 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,420 (+34.6%)	$928 → $1,086 (+17.0%)

Bolivar

Population

1,2341,317

Median household income

$72,344$81,641

Median home value

$191,400$253,700

Median gross rent

$1,055$1,420

Charles Town

Population

5,9436,854

Median household income

$80,278$94,830

Median home value

$255,600$359,500

Median gross rent

$928$1,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Charles Town
Under 5	4.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	20.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	17.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.7%
75 and over	4.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Charles Town
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	69.8%
Black or African American	2.2%	12.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Charles Town
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	24.7%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Charles Town
Drove alone	74.4%	71.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.3%
Walked	2.7%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	16.3%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Charles Town
1-unit, detached	61.5%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	7.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Charles Town
Poverty rate	8.4%	7.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	35	40
Median year structure built	1976	2001