Bowling Green vs Zolfo Springs

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

Bowling Green and Zolfo 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 1,825 in Zolfo Springs). Zolfo Springs has the higher median household income ($53,587 vs $45,101 in Bowling Green). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($106,500 vs $99,000 in Zolfo Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Zolfo Springs
Population	2,283	1,825
Median age	27.4 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,101	$53,587
Median home value	$106,500	$99,000
Median gross rent	$1,116	$958
Housing units	872	625
Homeownership rate	60.1%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Zolfo Springs
Population	2,893 → 2,283 (-21.1%)	1,892 → 1,825 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$37,208 → $45,101 (+21.2%)	$36,371 → $53,587 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$54,900 → $106,500 (+94.0%)	$51,700 → $99,000 (+91.5%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $1,116 (+62.2%)	$727 → $958 (+31.8%)

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

Zolfo Springs

Population

1,8921,825

Median household income

$36,371$53,587

Median home value

$51,700$99,000

Median gross rent

$727$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Zolfo Springs
Under 5	6.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	17.4%	14.6%
25 to 34	18.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	7.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	8.2%	8.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	5.4%
75 and over	7.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Zolfo Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	39.5%	17.6%
Black or African American	6.1%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	48.4%	71.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Zolfo Springs
No high school diploma	21.3%	40.0%
High school graduate	43.1%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Zolfo Springs
Drove alone	69.3%	69.1%
Carpooled	19.6%	26.7%
Public transit	4.8%	2.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Zolfo Springs
1-unit, detached	68.7%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	28.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Zolfo Springs
Poverty rate	30.6%	24.9%
Average household size	3.12	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1977	1976