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Bowling Green, VA

1,455 Population
1.6 square miles 907 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±4.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Caroline County: 39.4 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$33,741 ±$4,729 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Caroline County: $38,847 ±$2,011
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$69,352 ±$21,898 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Caroline County: $86,267 † ±$8,648
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

10.8% ±3.7% (145  ±68) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Caroline County: 11.6% † 3,496 (±3.4% / ±1,034)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

33.3 minutes ±15.2 (17,730  ±5,539) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Caroline County: 35.6 508,125 (±1.8 / ±36,197)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

596 ±137 Number of households
  • Caroline County: 11,680 ±291
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.3 ±0.5 (1,343  ±427) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Caroline County: 2.6 30,338 (±0.1 / ±125)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

11% ±11.4% (37  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Caroline County: 4.7% † 321 (±2.1% / ±142)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

619 ±137 Number of housing units
  • Caroline County: 12,693 ±64
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$307,100 ±$45,455 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Caroline County: $283,100 ±$10,577
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

29.9% ±16.1% (427  ±261.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Caroline County: 13.9% † 4,315 (±2.6% / ±805.4)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

86.8% ±26.1% (885  ±167.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Caroline County: 89.3% 19,500 (±4.4% / ±971.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
19.1% ±5.1% (195  ±68.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Caroline County: 23.2% † 5,066 (±2.7% / ±585.8)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

3% ±2.8% (43  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Caroline County: 4.5% 1,423
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

8.5% ±3.7% (91  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Caroline County: 12.9% † 3,042 (±1.8% / ±420)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
91 Total veterans ±45 77 Male ±45 14 Female ±17

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