Bolivar County vs Tate County

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

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

Bolivar County has the higher population (30,163 vs 28,135 in Tate County). Tate County has the higher median household income ($63,995 vs $37,315 in Bolivar County). Tate County has the higher median home value ($173,000 vs $123,600 in Bolivar County).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar County	Tate County
Population	30,163	28,135
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,315	$63,995
Median home value	$123,600	$173,000
Median gross rent	$671	$897
Housing units	13,679	11,532
Homeownership rate	61.0%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar County	Tate County
Population	31,848 → 30,163 (-5.3%)	28,404 → 28,135 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$29,854 → $37,315 (+25.0%)	$51,030 → $63,995 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$96,100 → $123,600 (+28.6%)	$119,200 → $173,000 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $671 (+5.3%)	$751 → $897 (+19.4%)

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

Tate County

Population

28,40428,135

Median household income

$51,030$63,995

Median home value

$119,200$173,000

Median gross rent

$751$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar County	Tate County
Under 5	6.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	12.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.6%
75 and over	6.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar County	Tate County
White (non-Hispanic)	30.6%	64.1%
Black or African American	63.2%	29.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar County	Tate County
No high school diploma	16.8%	15.5%
High school graduate	24.9%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar County	Tate County
Drove alone	84.9%	90.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	3.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar County	Tate County
1-unit, detached	71.8%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	1.1%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	23.8%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar County	Tate County
Poverty rate	33.7%	16.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1977	1991