Bolivar County vs Union County

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

Bolivar County and Union 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 28,009 in Union County). Union County has the higher median household income ($56,807 vs $37,315 in Bolivar County). Union County has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $123,600 in Bolivar County).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar County	Union County
Population	30,163	28,009
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,315	$56,807
Median home value	$123,600	$159,100
Median gross rent	$671	$910
Housing units	13,679	12,195
Homeownership rate	61.0%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar County	Union County
Population	31,848 → 30,163 (-5.3%)	28,507 → 28,009 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$29,854 → $37,315 (+25.0%)	$45,754 → $56,807 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$96,100 → $123,600 (+28.6%)	$100,600 → $159,100 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $671 (+5.3%)	$696 → $910 (+30.7%)

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

Union County

Population

28,50728,009

Median household income

$45,754$56,807

Median home value

$100,600$159,100

Median gross rent

$696$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar County	Union County
Under 5	6.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.8%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.8%
75 and over	6.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	30.6%	76.7%
Black or African American	63.2%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar County	Union County
No high school diploma	16.8%	21.4%
High school graduate	24.9%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar County	Union County
Drove alone	84.9%	91.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	1.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar County	Union County
1-unit, detached	71.8%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar County	Union County
Poverty rate	33.7%	14.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1977	1985