Bolivar County, Mississippi

Bolivar County has a population of 29,534 and has shrunk 8.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $130,000, about 3.3 times the county's median household income of $39,585.

Home price
$130,000
Income
$39,585
Population
29,534
Unemployment
7.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$130,000county
Median gross rent$685county
Median year homes here were built1977county
Share of homes built before 198056.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile8.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant12.9%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented37.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,483(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$842county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$642county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,096county
Home insurance / yr$2,529(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living87.3(statewide)
Median household income$39,585county
Family health premium / yr$22,271(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$6,868(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.595(statewide)
Poverty rate32.6%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home2.4%county
Unemployment rate7.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force49.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.2%county
Share of workers employed by government22.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.5%county
Economic output per resident$46,913county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.73%county
Top state income tax4.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.06%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time20.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service23 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport6582county
Miles to nearest general aviation field0.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station38 micounty
Households without a vehicle10.1%county
Traffic deaths40.6county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0008.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher28.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher84.9%county
Public schools in the county15county
Public school enrollment4415county
Students per full-time teacher14.9county
Free lunch eligible99.7%county
Elementary schools10county
Middle schools1county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians50county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here1county
Fine particulate matter8.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance11.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year33.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year24.5%county
Frequent mental distress16.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity33.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes17.6%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population29,534county
Land area in square miles877county
People per square mile of land33.7county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores9county
Share living far from a food store25.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract29.6%county
Population change since 2020-8.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age37.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.1%county
Share of households that are one person36.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.7%county
Second languages3.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls53.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents310county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-7county
Households that moved in516county
Households that moved away722county
Average income of arriving households$39,062county
Average income of departing households$38,442county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes2county
Housing units authorised in the latest year20county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings12.8%(statewide)
Violent crime rate211(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature65.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation47.3 incounty
Annual snowfall0.1 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.58 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F82 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing39 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days248 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 13county
Average first fall frostNov 15county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$147county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh13.5¢county
Household electricity use1,093 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$22.00(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity40.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas48.0%county
Homes heated by propane10.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.7%county
Homes heated by wood0.2%county
Households with broadband77.9%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk76.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk89.0county
Landslide risk34.8county
Hail risk68.6county
Earthquake risk92.2county
Tornado risk82.9county
Tropical cyclone risk66.4county
Extreme heat risk84.0county
Winter weather risk26.3county
Strong wind risk64.2county
Wildfire risk17.9county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Bolivar County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Mississippi figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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