Bowling Green vs Carbon

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

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

Carbon has the higher population (293 vs 289 in Bowling Green). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $73,300 in Carbon). Since 2019, Bowling Green's population has grown faster (-19.0% vs -27.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Carbon
Population	289	293
Median age	26.6 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,000
Median home value	$95,000	$73,300
Median gross rent	—	$945
Housing units	66	104
Homeownership rate	69.7%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	19.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Carbon
Population	357 → 289 (-19.0%)	402 → 293 (-27.1%)
Median household income	—	$42,222 → $70,000 (+65.8%)
Median home value	$158,400 → $95,000 (-40.0%)	$60,000 → $73,300 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$716 → $945 (+32.0%)

Bowling Green

Population

357289

Median home value

$158,400$95,000

Carbon

Population

402293

Median household income

$42,222$70,000

Median home value

$60,000$73,300

Median gross rent

$716$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Carbon
Under 5	27.7%	16.7%
5 to 17	6.6%	7.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	18.0%	27.0%
35 to 44	3.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	17.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.2%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.2%
75 and over	14.2%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Carbon
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Carbon
No high school diploma	9.8%	14.1%
High school graduate	67.8%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Carbon
Drove alone	64.3%	76.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	16.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Carbon
1-unit, detached	84.8%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Carbon
Poverty rate	17.3%	10.2%
Average household size	4.38	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1991	1981