In Bowling Green, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.30 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The percentage of people in Bowling Green with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.01% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bowling Green in 2022 was $18,995, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,980 for a family of four. However, Bowling Green contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bowling Green also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.63% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Bowling Green is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bowling Green home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Bowling Green, accounting for 50.68% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Bowling Green residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bowling Green include Irish, English, German, French, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Bowling Green is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
