Bolivar TownshipIN
A town of 1,183.
Is Bolivar Township a good place to live?
The best of Bolivar Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for civic life; the weakest is a C for health. Bolivar Township’s median age is 34.6 years, below both the Indiana town median (39.4 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Bolivar Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Bolivar Township stand out
Where Bolivar Township beats most towns.
1,183 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Bolivar Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Bolivar Township is from typical.
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Moving to Bolivar Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bolivar Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bolivar Township.
Bolivar Township has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Bolivar Township for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Bolivar Township has added 88 jobs, to 337 in 2023. The top destinations are Lafayette (26%), West Lafayette (12%) and Indianapolis (7%).
| Bolivar Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Bolivar Township fall behind 51% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Benton Community School Corp. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otterbein Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 245 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Health in Bolivar Township trails 74% of U.S. towns
Bolivar Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Bolivar Township, against 17% in Indiana’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 27% of Bolivar Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Bolivar Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Bolivar Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.3% | 8.1% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 57.6% | 61.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Bolivar Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Bolivar Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Bolivar Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
An age mix much like Indiana’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. Bolivar Township has grown 2.7% since 2020, to 1,183 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Bolivar Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.4 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Bolivar Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.8% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.5% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 12.2% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.3% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.3% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.9% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.8% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.5% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.3% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.3% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.1% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Otterbein Town Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Ross–Ade Stadium and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bolivar Township. Close and well known come first.
14 mi Stadium & arenaRoss–Ade Stadium
17 mi State parkProphetstown State Park25 mi LandmarkWabash and Erie Canal27 mi Theme parkIndiana Beach
14 mi MuseumSamara
37 mi MuseumRopkey Armor MuseumPhoto credits
Ross–Ade Stadium: Tstuddud at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Prophetstown State Park: Flickr user: Dan https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwmizell/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Samara: Tim Musson, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ropkey Armor Museum: John Schanlaub, CC BY 3.0
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Everything we know about Bolivar Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Bolivar Township
About 6 of every 100 Bolivar Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
96% of working residents leave Bolivar Township for work
Where Bolivar Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Bolivar Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Bolivar Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,179 and it contained 514 housing units. Bolivar Township was organized in March 1860 and named for South American liberator Simón Bolivar.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 699 ft
Questions about Bolivar Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bolivar Township, IN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.