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Bowling Green, KY Urban Area

106,928 Population
52.2 square miles 2,048.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,393 ±$3,176 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$58,929 ±$9,110 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.3% ±4.8% (19,390  ±4,939) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.7 minutes ±0.9 (853,160  ±52,004) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

43,844 ±1,935 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (101,047  ±4,116) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6% ±3.2% (1,667  ±890) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

47,361 ±1,713 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$282,100 ±$24,201 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17% ±3.7% (17,909  ±3,957.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

83.8% ±4.7% (56,108  ±4,544.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
30.8% ±3.6% (20,617  ±2,691.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

15.7% ±3.2% (16,768  ±3,495) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.8% ±1.2% (3,213  ±977) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,213 Total veterans ±977 2,872 Male ±980 341 Female ±241

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