Bowling Green vs Plano

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

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

Bowling Green has the higher population (73,638 vs 1,293 in Plano). Plano has the higher median household income ($96,818 vs $48,419 in Bowling Green). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($232,100 vs $226,100 in Plano).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Plano
Population	73,638	1,293
Median age	27.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,419	$96,818
Median home value	$232,100	$226,100
Median gross rent	$948	—
Housing units	32,726	438
Homeownership rate	37.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Plano
Population	67,600 → 73,638 (+8.9%)	1,348 → 1,293 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$42,216 → $48,419 (+14.7%)	$85,094 → $96,818 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$161,000 → $232,100 (+44.2%)	$147,900 → $226,100 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $948 (+21.9%)	—

Bowling Green

Population

67,60073,638

Median household income

$42,216$48,419

Median home value

$161,000$232,100

Median gross rent

$778$948

Plano

Population

1,3481,293

Median household income

$85,094$96,818

Median home value

$147,900$226,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Plano
Under 5	6.7%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	20.0%
18 to 24	22.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	17.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	16.7%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.4%	9.4%
75 and over	4.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Plano
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	89.9%
Black or African American	12.7%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Plano
No high school diploma	14.5%	2.0%
High school graduate	25.2%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Plano
Drove alone	74.5%	92.1%
Carpooled	13.6%	2.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	2.1%
Other means	1.4%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Plano
1-unit, detached	44.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	21.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Plano
Poverty rate	25.4%	5.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1991	1990