Bowling Green vs Clarksville

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

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

Bowling Green has the higher population (4,130 vs 446 in Clarksville). Clarksville has the higher median household income ($62,045 vs $51,675 in Bowling Green). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($116,400 vs $92,500 in Clarksville).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Clarksville
Population	4,130	446
Median age	37.1 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,675	$62,045
Median home value	$116,400	$92,500
Median gross rent	$773	$650
Housing units	1,586	287
Homeownership rate	57.5%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Clarksville
Population	5,516 → 4,130 (-25.1%)	432 → 446 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $51,675 (+35.5%)	$50,852 → $62,045 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $116,400 (+34.1%)	$66,300 → $92,500 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $773 (+33.5%)	$480 → $650 (+35.4%)

Bowling Green

Population

5,5164,130

Median household income

$38,125$51,675

Median home value

$86,800$116,400

Median gross rent

$579$773

Clarksville

Population

432446

Median household income

$50,852$62,045

Median home value

$66,300$92,500

Median gross rent

$480$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Clarksville
Under 5	5.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	24.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	18.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	4.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	18.2%
75 and over	6.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Clarksville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	94.2%
Black or African American	9.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Clarksville
No high school diploma	17.4%	16.1%
High school graduate	51.4%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Clarksville
Drove alone	76.9%	90.9%
Carpooled	12.6%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	1.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Clarksville
1-unit, detached	64.4%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	4.9%
20 or more units	5.8%	17.8%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Clarksville
Poverty rate	21.1%	4.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1971	1966