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Bowling Green, KY Metro Area

197,734 Population
1,614.4 square miles 122.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,641 ±$2,239 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$65,869 ±$5,009 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.5% ±2.7% (29,390  ±5,230) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.4 minutes ±0.9 (1,890,500  ±126,653) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

77,222 ±2,093 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (190,914  ±2,991) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±1.9% (2,340  ±891) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

85,650 ±1,288 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$258,900 ±$13,919 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.5% ±2.4% (26,431  ±4,742.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

85.3% ±4.1% (109,900  ±5,894.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.1% ±2.5% (34,852  ±3,351.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters 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

9.6% ±1.8% (18,987  ±3,475) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.9% ±1% (9,004  ±1,567) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,004 Total veterans ±1,567 8,376 Male ±1,535 628 Female ±343

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