In Bowling Green, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.05 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
For a small city, Bowling Green has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Bowling Green exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The citizens of Bowling Green have a very low rate of college education: just 6.96% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Bowling Green in 2022 was $22,685, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,740 for a family of four. However, Bowling Green contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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 53.77% 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, Greek, and French.
In addition, Bowling Green has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.18%).
The most common language spoken in Bowling Green is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
