Bolivar vs Shannondale

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

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

Shannondale has the higher population (3,441 vs 1,317 in Bolivar). Bolivar has the higher median household income ($81,641 vs $72,283 in Shannondale). Shannondale has the higher median home value ($255,000 vs $253,700 in Bolivar).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Shannondale
Population	1,317	3,441
Median age	39.5 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,641	$72,283
Median home value	$253,700	$255,000
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,222
Housing units	629	1,783
Homeownership rate	58.6%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Shannondale
Population	1,234 → 1,317 (+6.7%)	3,459 → 3,441 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$72,344 → $81,641 (+12.9%)	$71,453 → $72,283 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$191,400 → $253,700 (+32.5%)	$183,100 → $255,000 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,420 (+34.6%)	$1,368 → $1,222 (-10.7%)

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

Shannondale

Population

3,4593,441

Median household income

$71,453$72,283

Median home value

$183,100$255,000

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Shannondale
Under 5	4.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	9.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.1%	16.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	14.0%
75 and over	4.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Shannondale
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	86.8%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.2%
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%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Shannondale
No high school diploma	6.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	24.7%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Shannondale
Drove alone	74.4%	81.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.4%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Shannondale
1-unit, detached	61.5%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Shannondale
Poverty rate	8.4%	13.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	35	47
Median year structure built	1976	1991