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Bowling Green, KY

79,083 Population
42 square miles 1,883.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.7
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,815 ±$3,515 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: $33,641 ±$2,239
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,955 ±$451
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$53,609 ±$8,025 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: $65,869 ±$5,009
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $64,526 ±$1,165
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

23.4% ±6.5% (17,051  ±4,716) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 15.5% † 29,390 (±2.7% / ±5,230)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 15.6% 694,171 (±0.5% / ±23,771)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.8 minutes ±1 (591,965  ±42,018) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 22.1 1,781,125 (±0.6 / ±62,518)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

32,870 ±1,679 Number of households
  • the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 77,222 ±2,093
  • Kentucky: 1,865,456 ±8,525
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (73,202  ±144) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 2.5 190,914 (±0.1 / ±2,991)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,467,347
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.4% ±4.1% (1,556  ±877) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 4.9% † 2,340 (±1.9% / ±891)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.5% 57,287 (±0.4% / ±4,158)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

35,972 ±1,528 Number of housing units
  • the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 85,650 ±1,288
  • Kentucky: 2,051,004 ±488
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$248,300 ±$34,464 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: $258,900 ±$13,919
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $226,000 ±$2,611
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

21% ±4.8% (16,281  ±3,763.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 13.5% † 26,431 (±2.4% / ±4,742.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12% 545,660 (±0.4% / ±18,371.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

82.9% ±5.6% (39,477  ±3,692.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 85.3% 109,900 (±4.1% / ±5,894.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 89% 2,799,522 (±0.8% / ±25,241.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
30.2% ±4.5% (14,373  ±2,318.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 27.1% 34,852 (±2.5% / ±3,351.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 879,169 (±0.5% / ±14,377)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

16.6% ±3.9% (13,117  ±3,043) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 9.6% † 18,987 (±1.8% / ±3,475)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 5.2% 238,231
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.9% ±1.2% (1,861  ±741) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 5.9% † 9,004 (±1% / ±1,567)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 6.2% 220,537 (±0.2% / ±7,327)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,861 Total veterans ±741 1,604 Male ±708 257 Female ±204

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