City safety & data profile

BolivarMO

Bolivar, MO is a 11K-resident city in Polk County with a median household income of $49,622.

Polk County, Missouri. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Bolivar, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Bolivar has a population larger than 5% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $201,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 6%
By size
$49,622
Median income (place)
$201,600
Median home (place)
18.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Bolivar

Bolivar posts a median household income higher than 8% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Bolivar area.

Bottom 9%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Bolivar

Where Bolivar income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$49,622 Bottom 8% higher than 8% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Bolivar $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MO

Population among 83 MO places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Kansas City is the largest MO city on this list; Town and Country leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MO

Median household income among the same 83-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Town and Country posts the highest place-level median income in MO; Kansas City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Bolivar, MO beyond the headline numbers

Bolivar sits inside Polk County, Missouri, at roughly 37.61°N, -93.41°W. Population 10,714, $49,622 median household income. Median home value $201,600, median rent $812. Poverty rate 18.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Bolivar, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

18.8% of Bolivar, MO residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Bolivar runs about 4.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 10.1% of Bolivar workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 17.8% in Bolivar, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Bolivar workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Bolivar's median age is 34.1 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Bolivar from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,714
Bolivar · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$49,622
-44% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$201,600
-51% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Polk County): Bolivar's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
32K+4%
Median Income
$59,647+51%
Median Home Value
$205,800+87%
Poverty Rate
16.3%-31%
Unemployment
4%-63%

Economics

Economics indicators for Bolivar, MO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$812/mo
Poverty Rate
18.8% +52% vs avg
Unemployment 4.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 27.9%
Work From Home 10.1%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 92%
African American 0.9%
Asian 0.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.3%
Obesity
37.6%
High Blood Pressure
35.8%
Physical Inactivity
33.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.1%
Current Smoking
17.8%
Binge Drinking
16.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.8%
Diabetes
12.1%
Current Asthma
11.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 54.9%
Annual Checkup 77.6%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
10.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.7%
Stroke
4%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
CITIZENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
BOLIVAR · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Bolivar?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Bolivar right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MO-BOLIVAR · Bolivar

Bolivar: 5 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 5 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chicago

Tagged alert mix: Bolivar

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 5 tagged notices on record for Bolivar.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Chicago, IL (5 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Bolivar; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Missouri state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (5 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Chicago, IL 5 alerts Philadelphia, PA 5 alerts Indianapolis, IN 5 alerts Atlanta, GA 5 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Bolivar, MO? ▼
Bolivar, MO has a population of 10,714 people, located in Polk County, Missouri.
What is the median household income in Bolivar? ▼
The median household income in Bolivar, MO is $49,622 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 18.8%.
What is the median home value in Bolivar? ▼
The median home value in Bolivar, MO is $201,600. Median rent is $812/month.
What are the top health concerns in Bolivar? ▼
The top health indicators in Bolivar include Short Sleep Duration (38.3%), Obesity (37.6%), High Blood Pressure (35.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Bolivar? ▼
Bolivar has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Bolivar? ▼
The median age in Bolivar, MO is 34.1 years. 27.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Bolivar, both outside Missouri so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MO (18.8% here).

Banning, CA 18.8% Searcy, AR 18.8% East Hemet, CA 18.8% Humble, TX 18.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MO ($49,622 here).

Arkansas City, KS $49,629 Campbellsville, KY $49,644 Tahlequah, OK $49,581 Jacksonville, AR $49,666

Compare Bolivar with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Springfield, MO 170K Republic, MO 16K Nixa, MO 21K Ozark, MO 19K Lebanon, MO 15K Branson, MO 11K Carthage, MO 14K Sedalia, MO 22K
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Using Bolivar's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Bolivar area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Bolivar against Missouri peers on any ranking lens. Explore Missouri

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Polk County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.