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Bowling Green, KY Metro Area

192,191 Population
1,614.4 square miles 119.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,381 ±$2,397 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$60,620 ±$4,379 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.7% ±2.3% (25,644  ±4,274) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.4 minutes ±0.5 (1,778,890  ±51,908) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

77,804 ±2,123 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (186,786  ±2,907) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.7% ±2% (2,211  ±947) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

84,079 ±1,541 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$241,200 ±$10,547 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.3% ±2.5% (27,221  ±4,751.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

89.5% ±4.5% (110,705  ±6,058.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
27.6% ±2.7% (34,102  ±3,426.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

7% ±1.9% (13,507  ±3,701) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

5.5% ±0.9% (8,116  ±1,328) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
8,116 Total veterans ±1,328 7,252 Male ±1,183 864 Female ±609

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