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REAL ESTATE IN POPULAR Bowling Green NEIGHBORHOODS City Center, Plum Springs, Delafield, Eastland Park, Shawnee Estates, Crestmoor, Springhill, Indian Hills / Briarwood Manor, Greenwood, Drake / Alvaton
POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Bowling Green, KY Morgantown, Smiths Grove, Woodburn
POPULATION
49,125
| BOWLING GREEN INFORMATION | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| POPULATION | 49,125 |
| NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS | 21,193 |
| BOWLING GREEN HOME OWNERSHIP | |
| % OWNER OCCUPIED | 42.64% |
| % RENTER OCCUPIED | 47.89% |
| % VACANT | 9.47% |
| TYPE OF BOWLING GREEN HOMES | |
| SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED | 49.54% |
| ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES | 1.95% |
| SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS | 23.86% |
| COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS | 18.00% |
| MOBILE HOMES | 6.64% |
| OTHER | 0.01% |
| SIZE OF BOWLING GREEN HOMES | |
| NO BEDROOM | 2.12% |
| 1 BEDROOM | 16.82% |
| 2 BEDROOMS | 34.28% |
| 3 BEDROOMS | 34.35% |
| 4 BEDROOMS | 9.85% |
| 5 OR MORE BEDROOMS | 2.58% |
| AGE OF HOMES | |
| NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) | 16.74% |
| ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) | 40.59% |
| WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) | 33.36% |
| HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) | 9.31% |
| BOWLING GREEN REAL ESTATE INFORMATION | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| MEDIAN HOME VALUE | $147,524 |
| MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE | $530 |
| HOME VALUE RANGE | |
| $0-$76,000 | 17.10% |
| $76,001-$152,000 | 35.35% |
| $152,001-$304,000 | 36.85% |
| $304,001-$456,000 | 7.48% |
| $456,001-$608,000 | 1.75% |
| $608,001-$761,000 | 0.34% |
| $761,001-$1,140,000 | 0.87% |
| $1,140,001-$1,521,000 | 0.17% |
| > $1,521,000 | 0.09% |
| PEOPLE OF Bowling Green | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| POPULATION DISTRIBUTION | |
| UNDER 5 YEARS | 6.04% |
| 5 TO 17 | 14.19% |
| 18 TO 24 | 23.73% |
| 25 TO 34 | 13.95% |
| 35 TO 54 | 22.92% |
| 55 TO 64 | 7.09% |
| 65 YEARS AND OVER | 12.07% |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS | |
| HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES | 77.86% |
| COLLEGE GRADUATES | 26.92% |
| MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME | $29,047 |
| PER CAPITA INCOME | $17,621 |
| INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL | 21.84% |
| INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN | Manufacturing (17.40%), Retail (15.57%), Education (12.54%), Healthcare (10.54%), Accomodation (9.80%), Construction (4.45%), Other (4.41%), Finance (3.21%), Public Service (3.16%), Transportation (3.10%), Wholesale (3.09%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (3.00%), Administration (2.18%), Information Technology (2.11%) |
| ATTENDING COLLEGE | 18.30% |
| RACIAL MAKEUP | |
| WHITE | 81.61% |
| BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN | 12.29% |
| AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE | 0.71% |
| ASIAN | 1.85% |
| NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER | 0.07% |
| SOME OTHER RACE ALONE | 1.80% |
| TWO OR MORE RACES | 1.66% |
| HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) | 3.59% |
| ETHNICITIES PRESENT | Unclassified (30.47%), Other Groups (19.50%), United States or American (12.37%), English (7.65%), German (7.60%), Irish (6.73%), Scotch-Irish (2.26%), Yugoslavian (2.17%) |
| FOREIGN BORN | 6.98% |
| LANGUAGES SPOKEN | English (84.54%) , Spanish (4.08%) , Serbo-Croatian (2.19%) |
Bowling Green is a medium-sized city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 49,125 people and 17 constituent neighborhoods, Bowling Green is the fourth largest community in Kentucky.
Bowling Green is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bowling Green is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bowling Green who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.53%), sales jobs (14.41%), and food service (8.12%).
Because there are quite a few people attending college in Bowling Green, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Bowling Green provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Bowling Green spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.35 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Bowling Green is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. Taxis helps to get a lot of people to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Bowling Green area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.
The overall education level of Bowling Green citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 26.92% of adults in Bowling Green have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.
The per capita income in Bowling Green in 2000 was $17,621, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $70,484 for a family of four.
Bowling Green is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bowling Green home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bowling Green is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bowling Green include English, German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Bowling Green is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.
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