Bowling Green vs Westernport

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

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

Westernport has the higher population (1,864 vs 1,096 in Bowling Green). Bowling Green has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $52,059 in Westernport). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($123,600 vs $85,800 in Westernport).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Westernport
Population	1,096	1,864
Median age	43.1 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$52,059
Median home value	$123,600	$85,800
Median gross rent	$852	$727
Housing units	616	997
Homeownership rate	59.6%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Westernport
Population	1,217 → 1,096 (-9.9%)	2,156 → 1,864 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$55,500 → $71,875 (+29.5%)	$42,014 → $52,059 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $123,600 (+18.2%)	$68,600 → $85,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $852 (+26.2%)	$640 → $727 (+13.6%)

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

Westernport

Population

2,1561,864

Median household income

$42,014$52,059

Median home value

$68,600$85,800

Median gross rent

$640$727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Westernport
Under 5	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	17.8%	15.1%
25 to 34	5.1%	6.5%
35 to 44	17.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	20.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.4%
75 and over	6.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Westernport
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Westernport
No high school diploma	0.4%	5.6%
High school graduate	30.9%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	51.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Westernport
Drove alone	81.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	10.0%
Public transit	1.2%	2.0%
Walked	0.2%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	5.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Westernport
1-unit, detached	66.7%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	10.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Westernport
Poverty rate	9.2%	22.0%
Average household size	1.94	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	15	34
Median year structure built	1959	1944