Bowling Green, KY
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Bowling Green, KY: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 104,282. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet BOWLING-GREEN-KY · Bowling Green, KY 4 ZIPs · 104,282 pop · #13110/25278 · Warren County
INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-MID · SPREAD-WIDE · HOME-MID
- INC-MID $70,357
- RANK-MID #13110/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Smiths Grove
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 57% owners
- POP-MID 104,282
- SPREAD-WIDE 42101→42103
- HOME-MID $281,667
Nearest income peer: Smiths Grove, KY ( $166 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Bowling Green
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Bowling Green on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Oakland · lowest
Oakland · lowest
$66,756 median HH income
- Smiths Grove · near
Smiths Grove · near
$70,191 median HH income
- Bowling Green · this city
Bowling Green · this city
$70,357 median HH income
- Rockfield · near
Rockfield · near
$80,704 median HH income
- Woodburn · near
Woodburn · near
$96,111 median HH income
- Alvaton · highest
Alvaton · highest
$113,705 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Bowling Green, KY sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- 48th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 104,282
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $70,357
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Below-median income with few delivery areas (4): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $70,357 and poverty 16.0% concentrate in 42101.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (56.5%) for this income tier, rent $1,054 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Kentucky, Meally is the closest lower-income city and Windsor the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Bowling Green.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Bowling Green differ
Bowling Green's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $48,217 in ZIP 42101 to $87,689 in ZIP 42103, while home values span $207,200 in 42101 to $331,400 in 42103. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.8×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.6×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 14.9 points
42101 to 42103
42101 to 42103
42103 to 42101
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 42101 skews compact Bowling Green
In this 4-ZIP cluster, 42101 covers about 53% of Bowling Green's 104,282 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Bowling Green
Citywide ZBP: 2,924 establishments, 58,623 employees , annual payroll $2,997,165k (~28 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 42101 (1,396 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (493) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .
ZIP Codes in Bowling Green, KY
These ZIP codes sit in Warren County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Bowling Green. See the Warren County roll-up →
Bowling Green sits in the lower half of Warren County on income: Alvaton, Rockfield and Woodburn report more, and only Oakland reports less. Alvaton marks the far end of that range at $113,705, 62% above Bowling Green.
Side-by-side: Compare 42101 vs 42104 →
Bowling Green roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Bowling Green, .