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42101

65,421 Population
281 square miles 232.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.1 ±1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 35.4 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,219 ±$1,135 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: $34,032 ±$1,471
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
$48,217 ±$2,537 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: $63,328 ±$2,648
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429

25.2% ±2.6% (15,136  ±1,630) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 16.7% 30,103 (±1.2% / ±2,186)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)

20.4 minutes ±1.1 (584,260  ±45,166) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 22.1 1,781,125 (±0.6 / ±62,518)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)

Families

24,361 ±759 Number of households
  • the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 73,344 ±749
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
2.5 ±0 (60,265  ±2,124) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 2.5 180,795 (±0 / ±86)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943

5% ±1.5% (959  ±287) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 4.9% † 2,237 (±0.9% / ±415)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)

Housing

26,751 ±731 Number of housing units
  • the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 81,047 ±71
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474

$207,200 ±$7,168 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: $233,700 ±$5,282
  • about the same as the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096

25% ±2.7% (16,125  ±1,807.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 17.7% 32,722 (±1.3% / ±2,383.3)
  • about double the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)

Social

82.4% ±2% (29,059  ±1,385.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 87.4% 104,389 (±2.1% / ±2,471.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
19.3% ±1.6% (6,822  ±615.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 27.3% 32,580 (±1.2% / ±1,476.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)

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

11.5% ±1.8% (7,552  ±1,216) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 8.2% 15,313
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210

5.5% ±0.8% (2,702  ±419) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bowling Green, KY Metro Area: 6.5% 9,307 (±0.6% / ±848)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
2,702 Total veterans ±419 2,482 Male ±417 220 Female ±113

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