Humidity & wind
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Population
78,505
US Census estimate, July 2025
Median home value
$241,900
Owner-occupied units
Bowling Green, KY
Kentucky · 36.977° N, 86.434° W · 42 sq mi
Bowling Green is a city in Kentucky, with a population of 78,505 and about 1,869 residents per square mile. The median household earns $48,873 a year, and the median home is worth $241,900.
Conditions
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Local time
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Size & density
Land area
42 sq mi
Water excluded
Population density
1,869
People per square mile
Rank by population
#506
Of cities on this site
Rank by area
#306
Of cities on this site
Money & housing
Median household income
$48,873
US median ≈ $78,538
Median gross rent
$998
Per month
Homeownership
36.6%
US ≈ 65%
Average commute
17.8 min
One way
People
Median age
28.7
US median 39.1
Bachelor's degree +
31.2%
Age 25 and over
Foreign born
15%
Households
30,633
2.28 people each
What people here do for work
Education & health care 22.5%
Manufacturing 18.4%
Arts, food & hospitality 14%
Retail trade 12.7%
Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024
Wealthiest person in Kentucky
Name
Tamara Gustavson
Forbes, Apr 2025
Net worth
$8.1B
As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live
Lives in
Lexington
Source of wealth
Self storage
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
Largest employer in Kentucky · private sector
Employer
UPS
Sector
Logistics
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.
Largest public company in Kentucky
Company
Humana
Revenue
$117.8B
Fiscal year 2024
Headquarters
Louisville
Ticker
HUM
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
State of Kentucky
State bird
Northern Cardinal
State flower
Goldenrod
State capital
Frankfort
Nickname
The Bluegrass State
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- Missoula, MT78,903
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