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Bowling Green, MO

4,170 Population
2.7 square miles 1,550.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pike County: 39.6 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,104 ±$3,011 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pike County: $28,004 ±$1,817
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,295 ±$8,485 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Pike County: $54,989 † ±$5,518
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.8% ±9.3% (834  ±302) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pike County: 16% † 2,552 (±3.2% / ±512)
  • about double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.5 minutes ±1.9 (28,570  ±5,846) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Pike County: 22.7 145,890 (±1.3 / ±12,166)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,330 ±120 Number of households
  • Pike County: 6,424 ±228
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (3,201  ±120) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pike County: 2.5 15,971 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,428 ±116 Number of housing units
  • Pike County: 7,620 ±28
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$128,800 ±$30,187 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pike County: $146,000 † ±$21,740
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±3.2% (496  ±134.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pike County: 9% † 1,580 (±1.4% / ±252.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.6% ±7.9% (2,293  ±265.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pike County: 87.4% 10,825 (±3.8% / ±482.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10% ±3.1% (281  ±88.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pike County: 16.6% † 2,060 (±1.9% / ±230.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.3% ±2.6% (96  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pike County: 1.5% 261
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±2.7% (226  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Pike County: 6.5% † 895 (±1.1% / ±153)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
226 Total veterans ±90 219 Male ±88 7 Female ±16

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