Bowling Green vs Gardner

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

Bowling Green and Gardner 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 502 in Gardner). Bowling Green has the higher median household income ($45,101 vs $40,739 in Gardner). Gardner has the higher median home value ($132,100 vs $106,500 in Bowling Green).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Gardner
Population	2,283	502
Median age	27.4 yrs	64.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,101	$40,739
Median home value	$106,500	$132,100
Median gross rent	$1,116	—
Housing units	872	459
Homeownership rate	60.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Gardner
Population	2,893 → 2,283 (-21.1%)	340 → 502 (+47.6%)
Median household income	$37,208 → $45,101 (+21.2%)	$23,836 → $40,739 (+70.9%)
Median home value	$54,900 → $106,500 (+94.0%)	$88,100 → $132,100 (+49.9%)
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

Gardner

Population

340502

Median household income

$23,836$40,739

Median home value

$88,100$132,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Gardner
Under 5	6.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	9.2%
18 to 24	17.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.6%	4.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	5.2%
45 to 54	7.8%	7.2%
55 to 64	8.2%	22.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	16.1%
75 and over	7.3%	29.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Gardner
White (non-Hispanic)	39.5%	65.1%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.4%
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%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Gardner
No high school diploma	21.3%	27.0%
High school graduate	43.1%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Gardner
Drove alone	69.3%	11.5%
Carpooled	19.6%	0.0%
Public transit	4.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	14.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	64.6%
Other means	0.0%	9.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Gardner
1-unit, detached	68.7%	16.8%
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%	83.2%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Gardner
Poverty rate	30.6%	40.0%
Average household size	3.12	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1977	1997