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Bowling Green city, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Bowling Green city is a Census city of 75,388 people across 41.99 square miles of land, in Warren County. Median household income is $48,873, 36.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 100 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $39.7 m.
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Bowling Green
What Bowling Green is
- Census place typecity
- Land area41.99 sq mi
- Water area0.26 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,795
- County holding the largest share of its areaWarren County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bowling Green
How many people live in Bowling Green
- Population75,388
- Median age28.7
- Population under 1817,124
- Share under 1822.7 percent
- Population 65 and over8,630
- Share 65 and over11.4 percent
- Households30,633
- Family households15,476
- Share of households that are families50.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bowling Green
Income and work in Bowling Green
- Median household income$48,873
- Per capita income$28,971
- Civilian labor force38,770
- Employed36,885
- Unemployed1,885 plus or minus 377
- Unemployment rate4.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over42,023
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher31.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bowling Green
Housing in Bowling Green
- Housing units33,481
- Occupied units30,633
- Vacant units2,848
- Vacancy rate8.5 percent
- Owner occupied11,215
- Renter occupied19,418
- Ownership rate36.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$241,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$998
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.5 percent
- Single family units16,187
- Share single family48.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more16,140
- Share in buildings of two or more48.2 percent
- Mobile homes1,105 plus or minus 334
- Median year structure built1991
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bowling Green
How Bowling Green gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute33,217
- Commuting under 15 minutes14,477
- Share commuting under 15 minutes43.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more5,549
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more16.7 percent
- Drove alone71.5 percent
- Carpooled14.7 percent
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked5.6 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home6.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bowling Green
SBA 7(a) lending to Bowling Green borrowers
- Approvals100
- Gross approval$39,696,200
- Average approval$396,962
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,050,000
- Largest approval$4,250,000
- Jobs supported966
- Jobs per approval9.7
- Loans with a final outcome22
- Paid in full21
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans4.5 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.0 percent
- Share to franchises15.0 percent
- Distinct lenders29
- Distinct industries by NAICS61
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bowling Green
SBA 504 lending to Bowling Green borrowers
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$10,242,000
- Average approval$931,091
- Median approval$769,000
- Largest approval$2,239,000
- Jobs supported180
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Warren County, not Bowling Green
Warren County context, not Bowling Green figures
These are Warren County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bowling Green measurements.
- Establishments in Warren County3,076
- Employment at those establishments, Warren County59,803
- Covered employment, Warren County70,761
- Average annual pay, Warren County$55,488
- Average weekly wage, Warren County$1,067
- Housing units permitted, Warren County2,286
- Of those, single family, Warren County791
- County product, 2024, Warren County$11,131,000,000
- County product change over the prior year, Warren County8.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Warren County$49,825
Every figure in this section is published for Warren County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bowling Green. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Bowling Green questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bowling Green, Kentucky?
75,388, in 30,633 households. Bowling Green city covers 41.99 square miles of land, which is 1,795 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bowling Green in?
Warren County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Bowling Green?
$48,873. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $241,900. Median gross rent is $998 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bowling Green businesses?
100 7(a) approvals totalling $39.7 m, across 29 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 11 504 approvals worth $10.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bowling Green, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bowling Green borrowers get paid back?
Of the 22 loans that have reached a final outcome, 21 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 4.5 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Bowling Green figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Warren County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Bowling Green.
Is zoning published for Bowling Green?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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