Bowling Green is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 74,926 people and 23 associated neighborhoods, Bowling Green is the second largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bowling Green is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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 (11.08%), sales jobs (10.59%), and food service (8.71%).Bowling Green is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Bowling Green enrolled in college, Bowling Green has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students. The education level of Bowling Green citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.98% of adults in Bowling Green have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Bowling Green in 2022 was $28,088, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,352 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. 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 English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Bowling Green is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.
