Bowling Green vs Lonaconing

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

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

Bowling Green has the higher population (1,096 vs 1,093 in Lonaconing). Bowling Green has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $43,947 in Lonaconing). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($123,600 vs $77,600 in Lonaconing).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Lonaconing
Population	1,096	1,093
Median age	43.1 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$43,947
Median home value	$123,600	$77,600
Median gross rent	$852	$739
Housing units	616	480
Homeownership rate	59.6%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Lonaconing
Population	1,217 → 1,096 (-9.9%)	1,278 → 1,093 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$55,500 → $71,875 (+29.5%)	$42,500 → $43,947 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $123,600 (+18.2%)	$68,400 → $77,600 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $852 (+26.2%)	$544 → $739 (+35.8%)

Bowling Green

Population

1,2171,096

Median household income

$55,500$71,875

Median home value

$104,600$123,600

Median gross rent

$675$852

Lonaconing

Population

1,2781,093

Median household income

$42,500$43,947

Median home value

$68,400$77,600

Median gross rent

$544$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Lonaconing
Under 5	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	17.8%	11.8%
25 to 34	5.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	17.4%	6.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	18.5%
55 to 64	20.6%	7.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.1%
75 and over	6.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Lonaconing
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Lonaconing
No high school diploma	0.4%	10.5%
High school graduate	30.9%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	51.0%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Lonaconing
Drove alone	81.4%	69.2%
Carpooled	3.9%	19.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	3.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Lonaconing
1-unit, detached	66.7%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	7.3%
20 or more units	10.6%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Lonaconing
Poverty rate	9.2%	26.8%
Average household size	1.94	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1959	1938