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Bowling Green city, Wood County, OH

30,051 Population
12.9 square miles 2,336.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wood County: 35.7 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,874 ±$2,378 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wood County: $41,929 ±$1,457
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$46,719 ±$5,729 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wood County: $73,124 ±$2,248
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

29.7% ±3% (7,482  ±762) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Wood County: 12% 15,163 (±0.9% / ±1,187)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

18.3 minutes ±0.7 (245,660  ±18,233) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wood County: 20.5 1,237,260 (±0.3 / ±33,165)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

12,083 ±425 Number of households
  • Wood County: 54,156 ±415
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.1 ±0.1 (25,115  ±177) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wood County: 2.3 126,171 (±0 / ±172)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

1.1% ±0.7% (114  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wood County: 3.9% † 1,275 (±0.7% / ±246)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

12,647 ±398 Number of housing units
  • Wood County: 57,282 ±94
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$217,300 ±$10,382 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Wood County: $214,400 ±$5,156
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

36.8% ±3.5% (11,003  ±1,054.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Wood County: 17.5% 22,903 (±1.2% / ±1,585.9)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

95% ±4.4% (12,984  ±804) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wood County: 95.2% 79,312 (±2.2% / ±1,867.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
47% ±3.3% (6,428  ±517.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wood County: 37.4% 31,137 (±1.4% / ±1,190.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.3% ±0.8% (982  ±246) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Wood County: 3.4% 4,429
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

4% ±0.9% (1,033  ±226) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wood County: 6% 6,328 (±0.6% / ±580)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
1,033 Total veterans ±226 912 Male ±220 121 Female ±68

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