Bowling Green vs Fort Green Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Bowling Green and Fort Green Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowling Green and Fort Green Springs are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bowling Green has the higher population (2,283 vs 742 in Fort Green Springs). Fort Green Springs has the higher median household income ($78,820 vs $45,101 in Bowling Green). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($106,500 vs $76,000 in Fort Green Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Fort Green Springs
Population	2,283	742
Median age	27.4 yrs	14.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,101	$78,820
Median home value	$106,500	$76,000
Median gross rent	$1,116	—
Housing units	872	180
Homeownership rate	60.1%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Fort Green Springs
Population	2,893 → 2,283 (-21.1%)	159 → 742 (+366.7%)
Median household income	$37,208 → $45,101 (+21.2%)	$48,701 → $78,820 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$54,900 → $106,500 (+94.0%)	$66,400 → $76,000 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $1,116 (+62.2%)	—

Bowling Green

Population

2,8932,283

Median household income

$37,208$45,101

Median home value

$54,900$106,500

Median gross rent

$688$1,116

Fort Green Springs

Population

159742

Median household income

$48,701$78,820

Median home value

$66,400$76,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Fort Green Springs
Under 5	6.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	49.5%
18 to 24	17.4%	0.9%
25 to 34	18.6%	17.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	17.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	4.7%
55 to 64	8.2%	2.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	1.3%
75 and over	7.3%	0.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Fort Green Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	39.5%	75.7%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	48.4%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Fort Green Springs
No high school diploma	21.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.1%	95.6%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Fort Green Springs
Drove alone	69.3%	34.3%
Carpooled	19.6%	65.7%
Public transit	4.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Fort Green Springs
1-unit, detached	68.7%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	28.3%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Fort Green Springs
Poverty rate	30.6%	13.8%
Average household size	3.12	4.73
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1977	1966