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Bowling Green city, Wood County, OH

30,157 Population
12.9 square miles 2,344.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wood County: 35.4 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$26,768 ±$2,209 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wood County: $39,771 ±$1,151
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $37,729 ±$162
$41,346 ±$6,103 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wood County: $70,537 ±$2,274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $66,990 ±$272

30.8% ±3.5% (7,760  ±875) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Wood County: 12.9% 16,241 (±1.1% / ±1,421)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,526,507 (±0.2% / ±17,011)

18.2 minutes ±1.1 (252,670  ±22,380) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wood County: 20.8 1,281,025 (±0.5 / ±38,612)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 118,947,336 (±0.1 / ±595,911)

Families

11,846 ±481 Number of households
  • Wood County: 53,771 ±473
  • Ohio: 4,789,408 ±9,328
2.1 ±0.1 (25,161  ±168) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wood County: 2.3 125,876 (±0 / ±170)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,481,298

1.5% ±0.8% (157  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wood County: 3.8% † 1,247 (±0.6% / ±212)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 146,473 (±0.1% / ±2,778)

Housing

12,445 ±473 Number of housing units
  • Wood County: 56,919 ±106
  • Ohio: 5,251,209 ±586

$205,700 ±$11,290 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Wood County: $203,300 ±$5,303
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $183,300 ±$683

40.8% ±4% (12,236  ±1,189.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Wood County: 18.8% 24,503 (±1.4% / ±1,793.4)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 13% 1,511,884 (±0.1% / ±15,318.1)

Social

94.5% ±4.3% (12,128  ±,753.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wood County: 94.8% 78,131 (±2.3% / ±1,914)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.4% 7,401,300 (±0.3% / ±21,111.7)
46.3% ±3.3% (5,941  ±,490.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wood County: 37.5% 30,906 (±1.4% / ±1,150.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 30.4% 2,459,325 (±0.2% / ±12,546.9)

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

3.3% ±0.7% (996  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Wood County: 3.4% 4,451
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 4.9% 572,364

3.5% ±0.9% (915  ±224) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wood County: 6.1% 6,379 (±0.5% / ±504)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 7% 644,363 (±0.1% / ±5,670)
915 Total veterans ±224 802 Male ±223 113 Female ±69

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