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Bowling Green, KY

76,215 Population
41.5 square miles 1,836.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.1 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 35.2 ±1.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$26,471 ±$2,573 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: $31,381 ±$2,397
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $34,676 ±$484
$47,813 ±$6,518 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: $60,620 ±$4,379
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $61,118 ±$653

16.7% ±3.8% (11,933  ±2,697) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 13.7% † 25,644 (±2.3% / ±4,274)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 16.4% 720,642 (±0.5% / ±20,801)

19.1 minutes ±1.1 (638,930  ±40,700) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 22.4 1,778,890 (±0.5 / ±51,908)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 23.9 43,874,500 (±0.2 / ±339,555)

Families

32,904 ±1,754 Number of households
  • the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 77,804 ±2,123
  • Kentucky: 1,853,603 ±7,950
2.2 ±0.1 (71,504  ±111) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 2.4 186,786 (±0.1 / ±2,907)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 † 4,404,947 (±,299.7 / ±-555,555,600)

2.6% ±2.2% (519  ±441) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 4.7% † 2,211 (±2% / ±947)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 54,757 (±0.4% / ±3,624)

Housing

35,372 ±1,555 Number of housing units
  • the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 84,079 ±1,541
  • Kentucky: 2,036,559 ±301

$244,000 ±$16,498 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: $241,200 ±$10,547
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $211,800 ±$2,250

21.7% ±5.3% (16,487  ±4,035.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 14.3% † 27,221 (±2.5% / ±4,751.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.3% 549,779 (±0.4% / ±18,178.2)

Social

89.2% ±8.2% (37,253  ±3,964.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 89.5% 110,705 (±4.5% / ±6,058.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 89.5% 2,782,267 (±0.8% / ±26,576.2)
36.1% ±5.1% (15,050  ±2,281.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 27.6% 34,102 (±2.7% / ±3,426.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 865,265 (±0.5% / ±15,692.7)

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

13% ±4.3% (9,937  ±3,304) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 7% † 13,507 (±1.9% / ±3,701)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 4.5% † 201,672 (±,546.9% / ±11,100)

3.9% ±1.2% (2,295  ±745) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 5.5% † 8,116 (±0.9% / ±1,328)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 6.2% 216,667 (±0.2% / ±6,866)
2,295 Total veterans ±745 1,992 Male ±692 303 Female ±313

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