Bolivar vs Shenandoah Junction

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

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

Shenandoah Junction has the higher population (1,339 vs 1,317 in Bolivar). Shenandoah Junction has the higher median household income ($109,048 vs $81,641 in Bolivar). Bolivar has the higher median home value ($253,700 vs $193,900 in Shenandoah Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Shenandoah Junction
Population	1,317	1,339
Median age	39.5 yrs	22.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,641	$109,048
Median home value	$253,700	$193,900
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,184
Housing units	629	344
Homeownership rate	58.6%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Shenandoah Junction
Population	1,234 → 1,317 (+6.7%)	590 → 1,339 (+126.9%)
Median household income	$72,344 → $81,641 (+12.9%)	$75,824 → $109,048 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$191,400 → $253,700 (+32.5%)	$168,100 → $193,900 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,420 (+34.6%)	$1,581 → $1,184 (-25.1%)

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

Shenandoah Junction

Population

5901,339

Median household income

$75,824$109,048

Median home value

$168,100$193,900

Median gross rent

$1,581$1,184

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Shenandoah Junction
Under 5	4.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	37.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	2.8%
55 to 64	17.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	5.5%
75 and over	4.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Shenandoah Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	85.8%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Shenandoah Junction
No high school diploma	6.8%	3.7%
High school graduate	24.7%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Shenandoah Junction
Drove alone	74.4%	89.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	3.5%
Public transit	1.2%	1.2%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Shenandoah Junction
1-unit, detached	61.5%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Shenandoah Junction
Poverty rate	8.4%	6.3%
Average household size	2.35	4.13
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1976	1983