Bowling Green vs Plum Springs

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

Bowling Green and Plum Springs 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 476 in Plum Springs). Plum Springs has the higher median household income ($63,250 vs $48,419 in Bowling Green). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($232,100 vs $148,200 in Plum Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Plum Springs
Population	73,638	476
Median age	27.9 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,419	$63,250
Median home value	$232,100	$148,200
Median gross rent	$948	$992
Housing units	32,726	182
Homeownership rate	37.3%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Plum Springs
Population	67,600 → 73,638 (+8.9%)	463 → 476 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$42,216 → $48,419 (+14.7%)	$50,313 → $63,250 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$161,000 → $232,100 (+44.2%)	$104,800 → $148,200 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $948 (+21.9%)	$830 → $992 (+19.5%)

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

Plum Springs

Population

463476

Median household income

$50,313$63,250

Median home value

$104,800$148,200

Median gross rent

$830$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Plum Springs
Under 5	6.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	22.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	8.1%	15.5%
65 to 74	6.4%	9.7%
75 and over	4.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Plum Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	73.7%
Black or African American	12.7%	18.1%
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%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Plum Springs
No high school diploma	14.5%	26.3%
High school graduate	25.2%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Plum Springs
Drove alone	74.5%	90.5%
Carpooled	13.6%	7.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	1.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Plum Springs
1-unit, detached	44.9%	99.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.5%
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	Plum Springs
Poverty rate	25.4%	10.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1991	1977