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Bowling Green, FL

2,283 Population
1.3 square miles 1,806.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Hardee County: 35.9 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$21,859 ±$4,889 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hardee County: $26,225 † ±$3,310
  • about half the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$45,101 ±$9,052 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hardee County: $54,231 † ±$6,239
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

30.6% ±12.4% (668  ±309) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hardee County: 24.3% † 5,727 (±4.2% / ±998)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

30.6 minutes ±5.2 (25,910  ±8,829) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hardee County: 27.9 251,145 (±1.7 / ±21,800)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

717 ±142 Number of households
  • Hardee County: 8,148 ±294
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
3.1 ±0.3 (2,236  ±480) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hardee County: 2.9 23,634 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

1.4% ±2% (9  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hardee County: 7.3% † 377 (±3.6% / ±186)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

872 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Hardee County: 9,884 ±24
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$106,500 ±$14,813 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hardee County: $129,400 † ±$17,577
  • about one-third of the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

18% ±8.7% (411  ±215.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Hardee County: 8.4% † 2,129 (±2% / ±509.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

78.7% ±21.1% (1,055  ±192.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hardee County: 78.4% 13,117 (±4.7% / ±803.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
9.5% ±5.3% (127  ±75.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hardee County: 12.3% † 2,051 (±2% / ±332.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,263,931 (±0.1% / ±22,582.4)

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

8.9% ±4% (203  ±101) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hardee County: 10.8% 2,741
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

4.1% ±1.9% (71  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hardee County: 4.8% † 920 (±0.9% / ±176)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
71 Total veterans ±35 70 Male ±35 1 Female ±2

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