Bolivar vs Harpers Ferry

A side-by-side comparison of Bolivar and Harpers Ferry: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bolivar has the higher population (1,317 vs 342 in Harpers Ferry). Harpers Ferry has the higher median household income ($111,600 vs $81,641 in Bolivar). Harpers Ferry has the higher median home value ($430,800 vs $253,700 in Bolivar).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Harpers Ferry
Population	1,317	342
Median age	39.5 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,641	$111,600
Median home value	$253,700	$430,800
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,813
Housing units	629	205
Homeownership rate	58.6%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Harpers Ferry
Population	1,234 → 1,317 (+6.7%)	233 → 342 (+46.8%)
Median household income	$72,344 → $81,641 (+12.9%)	$59,844 → $111,600 (+86.5%)
Median home value	$191,400 → $253,700 (+32.5%)	$331,700 → $430,800 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,420 (+34.6%)	$978 → $1,813 (+85.4%)

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

Harpers Ferry

Population

233342

Median household income

$59,844$111,600

Median home value

$331,700$430,800

Median gross rent

$978$1,813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Harpers Ferry
Under 5	4.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	1.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	7.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	17.1%	18.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	19.3%
75 and over	4.0%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Harpers Ferry
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	98.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Harpers Ferry
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	24.7%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	39.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Harpers Ferry
Drove alone	74.4%	54.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.6%
Walked	2.7%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	32.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Harpers Ferry
1-unit, detached	61.5%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Harpers Ferry
Poverty rate	8.4%	2.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	35	45
Median year structure built	1976	1938