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Bowling Green town, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Bowling Green town is a Census town of 1,561 people across 1.60 square miles of land, in Caroline County. Median household income is $82,500, 64.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.7 m.
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Bowling Green
What Bowling Green is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.6 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land973 plus or minus 274
- County holding the largest share of its areaCaroline 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
- Population1,561 plus or minus 439
- Median age31.9 plus or minus 10.3
- Population under 18487 plus or minus 152
- Share under 1831.2 percent
- Population 65 and over313 plus or minus 83
- Share 65 and over20.1 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Households586 plus or minus 146
- Family households367 plus or minus 128
- Share of households that are families62.6 percent plus or minus 15.3
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$82,500 plus or minus $20,288
- Per capita income$33,142
- Civilian labor force614 plus or minus 209
- Employed568 plus or minus 201
- Unemployed46 plus or minus 35
- Unemployment rate7.5 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Adults 25 and over1,020 plus or minus 239
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.5 percent plus or minus 29.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.0 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.1 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bowling Green
Housing in Bowling Green
- Housing units616 plus or minus 146
- Occupied units586 plus or minus 146
- Vacant units30 plus or minus 26
- Vacancy rate4.9 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Owner occupied377 plus or minus 112
- Renter occupied209 plus or minus 85
- Ownership rate64.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$336,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$751 plus or minus $260
- Annual rent as a share of median income10.9 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Single family units467 plus or minus 123
- Share single family75.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more149 plus or minus 72
- Share in buildings of two or more24.2 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1973
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 commute524 plus or minus 195
- Commuting under 15 minutes135 plus or minus 75
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.8 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more245 plus or minus 85
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more46.8 percent plus or minus 23.8
- Drove alone87.9 percent
- Carpooled4.1 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home6.6 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bowling Green
SBA loans in Bowling Green (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,680,000
- Average approval$840,000
- Median approval$1,105,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,105,000
- Largest approval$1,105,000
- Jobs supported3
- Jobs per approval1.5
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term316 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bowling Green
SBA loans in Bowling Green (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$139,000
- Average approval$139,000
- Median approval$139,000
- Largest approval$139,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Caroline County, not Bowling Green
Caroline County context, not Bowling Green figures
These are Caroline 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 Caroline County424
- Employment at those establishments, Caroline County4,315
- Covered employment, Caroline County6,591
- Average annual pay, Caroline County$48,154
- Average weekly wage, Caroline County$926
- Housing units permitted, Caroline County318
- Of those, single family, Caroline County318
- County product, 2024, Caroline County$1,263,236,000
- County product change over the prior year, Caroline County9.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Caroline County$65,009
Every figure in this section is published for Caroline 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, Virginia?
1,561, in 586 households. Bowling Green town covers 1.60 square miles of land, which is 973 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?
Caroline 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?
$82,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $336,300. Median gross rent is $751 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?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $1.7 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,105,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $139,000. 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?
No rate is published for Bowling Green. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
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 Caroline 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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