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Bowling Green Independent School District, KY

28,532 Population
7.7 square miles 3,693.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24 ±0.8 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Warren County: 33.3 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,059 ±$2,180 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Warren County: $35,497 ±$1,963
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,238 ±$4,886 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Warren County: $65,794 ±$2,643
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

35.4% ±4.7% (8,324  ±1,232) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Warren County: 17% 22,946 (±1.4% / ±1,892)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.5 minutes ±0.5 (186,855  ±17,964) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Warren County: 20.3 1,277,770 (±0.7 / ±57,084)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,216 ±698 Number of households
  • Warren County: 55,643 ±573
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0 (23,434  ±1,510) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Warren County: 2.4 135,299 (±0 / ±86)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±2.7% (407  ±241) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Warren County: 4.5% † 1,640 (±1.1% / ±386)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,391 ±648 Number of housing units
  • Warren County: 59,868 ±63
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$214,400 ±$19,450 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Warren County: $258,000 ±$8,319
  • a little higher than the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

31.3% ±3.4% (8,854  ±1,072.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Warren County: 20.4% 28,403 (±1.7% / ±2,366.6)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±3.6% (11,680  ±905.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Warren County: 88.4% 76,578 (±2.6% / ±2,236.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.5% ±3.6% (4,309  ±560.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Warren County: 32.3% 27,996 (±1.6% / ±1,372)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8.3% ±1.8% (2,371  ±537) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Warren County: 10.4% 14,600
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.8% ±1.3% (888  ±298) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Warren County: 6.1% † 6,579 (±0.6% / ±670)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
888 Total veterans ±298 760 Male ±255 128 Female ±100

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