Bowling Green vs Curryville

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

Bowling Green and Curryville 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 214 in Curryville). Bowling Green has the higher median household income ($51,675 vs $47,500 in Curryville). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($116,400 vs $58,900 in Curryville).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Curryville
Population	4,130	214
Median age	37.1 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,675	$47,500
Median home value	$116,400	$58,900
Median gross rent	$773	$700
Housing units	1,586	72
Homeownership rate	57.5%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Curryville
Population	5,516 → 4,130 (-25.1%)	237 → 214 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $51,675 (+35.5%)	$37,656 → $47,500 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $116,400 (+34.1%)	$37,500 → $58,900 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $773 (+33.5%)	$596 → $700 (+17.4%)

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

Curryville

Population

237214

Median household income

$37,656$47,500

Median home value

$37,500$58,900

Median gross rent

$596$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Curryville
Under 5	5.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	22.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	14.0%
25 to 34	18.5%	8.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	8.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	8.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	13.1%
75 and over	6.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Curryville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	88.8%
Black or African American	9.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Curryville
No high school diploma	17.4%	19.8%
High school graduate	51.4%	61.2%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	8.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Curryville
Drove alone	76.9%	91.9%
Carpooled	12.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Curryville
1-unit, detached	64.4%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	8.3%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	27.8%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Curryville
Poverty rate	21.1%	20.1%
Average household size	2.13	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1971	1983