Bowling Green vs Wauchula

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

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

Wauchula has the higher population (4,910 vs 2,283 in Bowling Green). Bowling Green has the higher median household income ($45,101 vs $36,324 in Wauchula). Wauchula has the higher median home value ($131,500 vs $106,500 in Bowling Green).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Wauchula
Population	2,283	4,910
Median age	27.4 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,101	$36,324
Median home value	$106,500	$131,500
Median gross rent	$1,116	$981
Housing units	872	2,119
Homeownership rate	60.1%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Wauchula
Population	2,893 → 2,283 (-21.1%)	4,803 → 4,910 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$37,208 → $45,101 (+21.2%)	$35,402 → $36,324 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$54,900 → $106,500 (+94.0%)	$67,100 → $131,500 (+96.0%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $1,116 (+62.2%)	$683 → $981 (+43.6%)

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

Wauchula

Population

4,8034,910

Median household income

$35,402$36,324

Median home value

$67,100$131,500

Median gross rent

$683$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Wauchula
Under 5	6.6%	8.8%
5 to 17	17.3%	26.4%
18 to 24	17.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	18.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	15.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	8.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	4.9%
75 and over	7.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Wauchula
White (non-Hispanic)	39.5%	37.5%
Black or African American	6.1%	4.9%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	48.4%	56.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Wauchula
No high school diploma	21.3%	20.4%
High school graduate	43.1%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Wauchula
Drove alone	69.3%	69.2%
Carpooled	19.6%	29.5%
Public transit	4.8%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	0.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Wauchula
1-unit, detached	68.7%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	27.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Wauchula
Poverty rate	30.6%	40.7%
Average household size	3.12	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1977	1979