Bowling Green vs Center Point

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

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

Center Point has the higher population (442 vs 289 in Bowling Green). Center Point has the higher median home value ($96,200 vs $95,000 in Bowling Green). Since 2019, Center Point's population has grown faster (+65.5% vs -19.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Center Point
Population	289	442
Median age	26.6 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$92,604
Median home value	$95,000	$96,200
Housing units	66	192
Homeownership rate	69.7%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	19.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Center Point
Population	357 → 289 (-19.0%)	267 → 442 (+65.5%)
Median household income	—	$51,667 → $92,604 (+79.2%)
Median home value	$158,400 → $95,000 (-40.0%)	$79,600 → $96,200 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$665 → $500 (-24.8%)

Bowling Green

Population

357289

Median home value

$158,400$95,000

Center Point

Population

267442

Median household income

$51,667$92,604

Median home value

$79,600$96,200

Median gross rent

$665$500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Center Point
Under 5	27.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	6.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	18.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	3.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	17.6%	8.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	20.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.6%
75 and over	14.2%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Center Point
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Center Point
No high school diploma	9.8%	2.4%
High school graduate	67.8%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Center Point
Drove alone	64.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	19.4%	7.9%
Bicycle	16.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Center Point
1-unit, detached	84.8%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Center Point
Poverty rate	17.3%	10.0%
Average household size	4.38	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1991	1938