Bolivar County vs Pontotoc County

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

Bolivar County and Pontotoc County are counties in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pontotoc County has the higher population (31,312 vs 30,163 in Bolivar County). Pontotoc County has the higher median household income ($52,741 vs $37,315 in Bolivar County). Pontotoc County has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $123,600 in Bolivar County).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar County	Pontotoc County
Population	30,163	31,312
Median age	36.6 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,315	$52,741
Median home value	$123,600	$141,700
Median gross rent	$671	$848
Housing units	13,679	14,076
Homeownership rate	61.0%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar County	Pontotoc County
Population	31,848 → 30,163 (-5.3%)	31,618 → 31,312 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$29,854 → $37,315 (+25.0%)	$44,759 → $52,741 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$96,100 → $123,600 (+28.6%)	$106,500 → $141,700 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $671 (+5.3%)	$722 → $848 (+17.5%)

Bolivar County

Population

31,84830,163

Median household income

$29,854$37,315

Median home value

$96,100$123,600

Median gross rent

$637$671

Pontotoc County

Population

31,61831,312

Median household income

$44,759$52,741

Median home value

$106,500$141,700

Median gross rent

$722$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar County	Pontotoc County
Under 5	6.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.9%
75 and over	6.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar County	Pontotoc County
White (non-Hispanic)	30.6%	74.8%
Black or African American	63.2%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar County	Pontotoc County
No high school diploma	16.8%	21.1%
High school graduate	24.9%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar County	Pontotoc County
Drove alone	84.9%	86.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	1.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar County	Pontotoc County
1-unit, detached	71.8%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	27.0%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar County	Pontotoc County
Poverty rate	33.7%	14.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1977	1986