Bolivar vs Middleway

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

Bolivar and Middleway 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 403 in Middleway). Middleway has the higher median home value ($349,300 vs $253,700 in Bolivar). Since 2019, Bolivar's population has grown faster (+6.7% vs -1.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Middleway
Population	1,317	403
Median age	39.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,641	—
Median home value	$253,700	$349,300
Median gross rent	$1,420	—
Housing units	629	144
Homeownership rate	58.6%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	68.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Middleway
Population	1,234 → 1,317 (+6.7%)	410 → 403 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$72,344 → $81,641 (+12.9%)	—
Median home value	$191,400 → $253,700 (+32.5%)	$240,000 → $349,300 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,420 (+34.6%)	—

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

Middleway

Population

410403

Median home value

$240,000$349,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Middleway
Under 5	4.3%	9.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	8.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	15.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	17.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	18.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.4%
75 and over	4.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Middleway
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Middleway
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.3%
High school graduate	24.7%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	44.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Middleway
Drove alone	74.4%	64.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	11.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	13.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Middleway
1-unit, detached	61.5%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Middleway
Poverty rate	8.4%	4.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	35	16
Median year structure built	1976	1971