Mississippi · FIPS 28011
Bolivar ZIP codes — Bolivar County, Mississippi
Quick answer
Bolivar County is home to 30,163 residents with a median household income of $37,315 and a median home value of $123,600. 61% of households own their home and 33.7% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Bolivar ZIP code? 15 ZIP code areas fall inside Bolivar County, Mississippi, listed in full below.
- Population
- 30,163Bolivar County residents
- Median household income
- $37,315Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $123,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $671Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 61%Owner-occupied households
Bolivar County, MS in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Bolivar County is a small city in Mississippi, with 30,163 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 36.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Bolivar County earn a median of $37,315 a year, 52.5% below the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 33.7% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Bolivar County is valued at $123,600, 59.3% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $671 a month, 52.3% below the national figure, or roughly $8,052 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 61% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
ZIP codes in Bolivar County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Bolivar County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in Mississippi
Largest Census places in Mississippi by population.
- Jackson city 149,827
- Gulfport city 72,533
- Southaven city 55,531
- Biloxi city 49,011
- Hattiesburg city 48,507
- Olive Branch city 46,538
- Tupelo city 37,825
- Meridian city 34,466
- Greenville city 28,833
- Madison city 27,775
- Pearl city 27,458
- Clinton city 27,418
Nearby counties
Other counties in Mississippi.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Bolivar County?
- Bolivar County has 30,163 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Bolivar County?
- Median household income in Bolivar County is $37,315 a year, 52.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bolivar County?
- Median gross rent is $671 a month and the median home value is $123,600, so rent absorbs about 21.6% of median household income.
- Is Bolivar County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bolivar County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Bolivar County data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.