Bowling Green vs Staunton

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

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

Staunton has the higher population (319 vs 289 in Bowling Green). Staunton has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $95,000 in Bowling Green). Since 2019, Staunton's population has grown faster (-16.9% vs -19.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Staunton
Population	289	319
Median age	26.6 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$61,250
Median home value	$95,000	$96,400
Median gross rent	—	$879
Housing units	66	177
Homeownership rate	69.7%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	19.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Staunton
Population	357 → 289 (-19.0%)	384 → 319 (-16.9%)
Median household income	—	$55,568 → $61,250 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$158,400 → $95,000 (-40.0%)	$69,700 → $96,400 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$823 → $879 (+6.8%)

Bowling Green

Population

357289

Median home value

$158,400$95,000

Staunton

Population

384319

Median household income

$55,568$61,250

Median home value

$69,700$96,400

Median gross rent

$823$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Staunton
Under 5	27.7%	12.9%
5 to 17	6.6%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	18.0%	19.1%
35 to 44	3.8%	2.8%
45 to 54	17.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	17.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.9%
75 and over	14.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Staunton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.4%
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%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Staunton
No high school diploma	9.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	67.8%	58.7%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Staunton
Drove alone	64.3%	94.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.4%	3.0%
Bicycle	16.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Staunton
1-unit, detached	84.8%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Staunton
Poverty rate	17.3%	25.4%
Average household size	4.38	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1991	1971